2021-05-31 16:28:26 +02:00
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# tower-web
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This is *not* https://github.com/carllerche/tower-web even though the name is
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the same. Its just a prototype of a minimal HTTP framework I've been toying
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with.
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# What is this?
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## Goals
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- As easy to use as tide. I don't really consider warp easy to use due to type
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tricks it uses. `fn route() -> impl Filter<...>` also isn't very ergonomic.
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Just `async fn(Request) -> Result<Response, Error>` would be nicer.
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- Deep integration with Tower meaning you can
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- Apply middleware to the entire application.
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- Apply middleware to a single route.
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- Apply middleware to subset of routes.
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- Just focus on routing and generating responses. Tower can do the rest.
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Want timeouts? Use `tower::timeout::Timeout`. Want logging? Use
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`tower_http::trace::Trace`.
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- Work with Tokio. tide is cool but requires async-std.
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- Not macro based. Heavy macro based APIs can be very ergonomic but comes at a
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complexity cost. Would like to see if I can design an API that is ergonomic
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and doesn't require macros.
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## Non-goals
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- Runtime independent. If becoming runtime independent isn't too much then fine
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but explicitly designing for runtime independence isn't a goal.
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- Speed. As long as things are reasonably fast that is fine. For example using
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async-trait for ergonomics is fine even though it comes at a cost.
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# Example usage
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Defining a single route looks like this:
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```rust
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let app = tower_web::app().at("/").get(root);
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async fn root(req: Request<Body>) -> Result<&'static str, Error> {
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Ok("Hello, World!")
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}
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```
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Adding more routes follows the same pattern:
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```rust
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let app = tower_web::app()
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.at("/")
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.get(root)
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.at("/users")
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.get(users_index)
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.post(users_create);
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```
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Handler functions are just async functions like:
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```rust
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async fn handler(req: Request<Body>) -> Result<&'static str, Error> {
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Ok("Hello, World!")
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}
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```
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They most take the request as the first argument but all arguments following
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are called "extractors" and are used to extract data from the request (similar
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to rocket but no macros):
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```rust
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#[derive(Deserialize)]
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struct UserPayload {
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username: String,
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}
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#[derive(Deserialize)]
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struct Pagination {
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page: usize,
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per_page: usize,
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}
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async fn handler(
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req: Request<Body>,
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// deserialize response body with `serde_json` into a `UserPayload`
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user: extract::Json<UserPayload>,
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// deserialize query string into a `Pagination`
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pagination: extract::Query<Pagination>,
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) -> Result<&'static str, Error> {
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let user: UserPayload = user.into_inner();
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let pagination: Pagination = pagination.into_inner();
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// ...
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}
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```
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2021-05-31 16:32:56 +02:00
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The inputs can also be optional:
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```rust
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async fn handler(
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req: Request<Body>,
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user: Option<extract::Json<UserPayload>>,
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) -> Result<&'static str, Error> {
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// ...
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}
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```
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2021-05-31 16:28:26 +02:00
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You can also get the raw response body:
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```rust
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async fn handler(
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req: Request<Body>,
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// buffer the whole request body
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body: Bytes,
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) -> Result<&'static str, Error> {
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// ...
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}
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```
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Or limit the body size:
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```rust
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async fn handler(
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req: Request<Body>,
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// max body size in bytes
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body: extract::BytesMaxLength<1024>,
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) -> Result<&'static str, Error> {
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Ok("Hello, World!")
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}
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```
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Anything that implements `FromRequest` can work as an extractor where
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`FromRequest` is a simple async trait:
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```rust
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#[async_trait]
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pub trait FromRequest: Sized {
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async fn from_request(req: &mut Request<Body>) -> Result<Self, Error>;
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}
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```
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2021-05-31 16:32:56 +02:00
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This "extractor" pattern is inspired by Bevy's ECS. The idea is that it should
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be easy to parse pick apart the request without having to repeat yourself a lot
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or use macros.
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Dynamic routes like `GET /users/:id` is also supported.
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2021-05-31 16:30:07 +02:00
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2021-05-31 16:28:26 +02:00
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You can also return different response types:
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```rust
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async fn string_response(req: Request<Body>) -> Result<String, Error> {
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// ...
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}
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// gets `content-type: appliation/json`. `Json` can contain any `T: Serialize`
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async fn json_response(req: Request<Body>) -> Result<response::Json<User>, Error> {
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// ...
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}
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// gets `content-type: text/html`. `Html` can contain any `T: Into<Bytes>`
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async fn html_response(req: Request<Body>) -> Result<response::Html<String>, Error> {
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// ...
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}
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// or for full control
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async fn response(req: Request<Body>) -> Result<Response<Body>, Error> {
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// ...
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}
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```
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You can also apply Tower middleware to single routes:
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```rust
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let app = tower_web::app()
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.at("/")
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.get(send_some_large_file.layer(tower_http::compression::CompressionLayer::new()))
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```
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Or to the whole app:
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```rust
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let service = tower_web::app()
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.at("/")
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.get(root)
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.into_service()
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let app = ServiceBuilder::new()
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.timeout(Duration::from_secs(30))
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.layer(TraceLayer::new_for_http())
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.layer(CompressionLayer::new())
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.service(app);
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```
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And of course run it with Hyper:
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```rust
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#[tokio::main]
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async fn main() {
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tracing_subscriber::fmt::init();
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// build our application with some routes
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let app = tower_web::app()
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.at("/")
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.get(handler)
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// convert it into a `Service`
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.into_service();
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// add some middleware
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let app = ServiceBuilder::new()
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.layer(TraceLayer::new_for_http())
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.service(app);
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// run it
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let addr = SocketAddr::from(([127, 0, 0, 1], 3000));
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tracing::debug!("listening on {}", addr);
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let server = Server::bind(&addr).serve(Shared::new(app));
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server.await.unwrap();
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}
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```
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See the examples directory for more examples.
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# TODO
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- Error handling should probably be redone. Not quite sure if its bad the
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`Error` is just an enum where everything is public.
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- Audit which error codes we return for each kind of error. This will probably
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be changed when error handling is re-done.
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- Probably don't want to require `hyper::Body` for request bodies. Should
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have our own so hyper isn't required.
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- `RouteBuilder` should have an `async fn serve(self) -> Result<(),
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hyper::Error>` for users who just wanna create a hyper server and not care
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about the lower level details. Should be gated by a `hyper` feature.
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- Each new route makes a new allocation for the response body, since `Or` needs
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to unify the response body types. Would be nice to find a way to avoid that.
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- It should be possible to package some routes together and apply a tower
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middleware to that collection and then merge those routes into the app.
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