Monsoon 
A minimal haxe web framework and embedded webserver using tink_http.
using Monsoon;
class Main {
public static function main() {
var app = new Monsoon();
app.route('/', function (req, res)
res.send('Hello World')
);
app.listen(3000);
}
}
Setup
Choose a target and lib of one of the implementations below.
Default
Monsoon runs on platforms that provide their own http implementation.
Runs on: nodejs, php, neko (mod_neko, mod_tora)
haxelib install monsoon
Add -lib monsoon to your hxml.
Embedded
A tcp webserver will be embedded into your application.
Runs on: neko, cpp, java
haxelib install monsoon-embed
Add -lib monsoon-embed to your hxml.
Usage
You can import all relevant classes with using Monsoon;.
Routing
Basic routing
The following http request methods can be used to add routes to your app:
get, post, delete, put, patch, head, options
app.get('/', function (req, res) res.send('Get'));
app.post('/submit', function (req, res) res.send('Got post'));To match all http methods use route
app.route('/', function (req, res)
res.send('Method used: '+req.method)
);Matching
Matching is done using a port of path-to-regex. You can refer to the express docs on routing and test the rules with Express Route Tester.
Parameters
A segment of the path can be matched by using a :param. To use the parameter later in your callback, it has to be typed in the type parameter of Request<T>.
app.get('/blog/:item', function(req: Request<{item: String}>, res)
res.send('Blog item: '+req.params.item)
);Middleware
Bundled middleware
Bundled middleware can be found in monsoon.middleware.
Compression
Compresses the result of your response using gzip, if accepted by the client.
Takes one optional argument: ?level: Int, the compression level of 0-9.
app.use(Compression.serve());Static
The static middleware can be used to serve static files (js, css, html etc.). It is recommended to use seperate software (nginx, varnish) to serve your static files but this can be used during development or on low traffic websites.
If a file is found it will be served with the correct content-type. If no file is found the route is passed.
// Any file in the public folder will be served
app.use(Static.serve('public'));
// You can change the index files it looks for (default is index.html, index.htm)
app.use(Static.serve('public', {index: ['index.txt', 'index.html']}));
// It can be prefixed like any other route
app.use('/assets', Static.serve('public')); ByteRange
Supports client requests for ranged responses.
app.use(ByteRange.serve());Basic Authentication
Request basic authentication. Pass a function which validates the username and password given by the user.
It expects a Promise<Bool> (returning Bool will automatically be cast to a Promise).
app.use(BasicAuth.serve(function (user, password)
return user = 'monsoon' && password = 'mypassword'
));Console
The Console is a debugging tool which will bundle any traces created during the processing of the request and send them with your response to the browser. They are packaged as a single <script> tag and log to the console on the client side.
app.use(Console.serve());
Request
class Request<T> {
// Any parameters that were requested in the callback
var params: T;
// Full url (eg. /page?query=1)
var url: Url;
// Path only, stripped of query (eg. /page)
var path: String;
// The http request method
var method: Method;
// The request body, plain or parsed (see tink.http)
var body: IncomingRequestBody;
// The hostname if it was set in the request headers
var hostname: Null<String>;
// IP of the client that made the request
var ip: String;
// Holds all query values (eg. {query => 1})
var query: Map<String, String>;
// All cookies sent with this request
var cookies: Map<String, String>;
// Returns the specified HTTP request header field
function get(key: String): Null<String>;
}Response
class Response {
// Set the http status code (defaults to 200)
function status(code: Int): Response;
// Clear all set headers, cookies and the status code
function clear(): Response;
// Set a cookie, see monsoon.Response.CookieOptions
function cookie(name: String, value: String, ?options: CookieOptions): Response;
// Sets 'Content-Type' to 'application/json' and sends output as json
function json(output: Dynamic, ?space: String): Response;
// Set a header
function set(key: String, value: String): Response;
// Get a previously set header, or null if not set
function get(key: String): Null<String>;
// Redirect to a location, sets 'Location' header
function redirect(code = 302, url: String);
// Sets 'Content-Type' to 'text/plain' and sends output with error code
function error(code = 500, message: String);
// End this response without a body
function end();
// End the response with given output
function send(output: String);
// Set content-type to text/html;charset=utf-8 and end the response
function html(output: String);
// End the response with the file's contents, content-type will be set automatically but can be set explicitly
function sendFile(path: String, ?contentType: String)
}License: MIT
