CLINK
HTTP APIs framework.
Kevin Leptons Kevin.leptons@gmail.com
CC by 4.0 license
Sept, 2017
FEATURES
- Pipe Line handlers
- Component architecture
- Routing by method, path and content type
- Data flow
- Built-in services and controllers for account management, authentication
USAGE
Installation
# python3 is use as interpreter for python language
# curl use to test api
apt-get install python3 wget curl
# pip is python package manager
wget https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py
python get-pip.py
# install clink through pip
pip install clink
Create API
Create an file called server.py below:
# STEP 1: get clink library
from clink import stamp, mapper, App, AppConf, Controller
# STEP 2: get an WSGI server
from wsgiref.simple_server import make_server
# STEP 3: create application
conf = AppConf('book-api')
app = App(conf)
# STEP 4: define controller
@stamp()
@mapper.path('book')
class BookCtl(Controller):
@mapper.get('item')
def get_item(self, req, res):
res.body = {
'name': 'How to Die',
'author': 'Death'
}
# STEP 5: add controller to application
app.add_ctl(BookCtl)
# STEP 6: load components
app.load()
# STEP 7: serve application on WSGI server
address = 'localhost'
port = 8080
print('Prepare API on http://%s:%i/book/item' % (address, port))
httpd = make_server(address, port, app)
httpd.serve_forever()Check API
$ python server.py &> /dev/null &
[1] 7564
$ curl localhost:8080/book/item
{"name": "How to Die", "author": "Death"}
$ kill %1
