bubdm/sharpexpress

Functional API to process HTTP requests with ASP.NET MVC-like routing inspired by express.js

SharpExpress

Functional API to process HTTP requests with ASP.NET MVC-like routing inspired by express.js

Features

• Lightweight library - now ~164kb
• Extensible
• Built-in light http server
• Based on .NET BCL only without external dependencies
• Using System.Web.Routing for url routing
• Compilable and runnable on Mono
• Runnable in ASP.NET applications since ExpressApplication implements IHttpHandler
• Use WebService extension to handle requests using existing web service class
• Use HttpHandler extension to handle requests using existing IHttpHandler implementations
• Use Static extension to serve static files
• Use Embedded extension to serve emmbedded resources of application assemblies

Examples

Simple Static Server

var app = new ExpressApplication();
app.Static("", Environment.CurrentDirectory);

var settings = new HttpServerSettings { Port = 81, WorkerCount = 4 };
using (new HttpServer(app, settings))
{
	Console.WriteLine("Listening port {0}. Press enter to stop the server.", port);
	Console.ReadLine();
}

Routes API

var app = new ExpressApplication();
app.Get(
	"",
	req => req.Text("Hi!")
	);

app.Get(
	"text/{x}/{y}",
	req => req.Text(
		string.Format("x={0}, y={1}",
			req.RouteData.Values["x"],
			req.RouteData.Values["y"])
		));

app.Get(
	"json/{x}/{y}",
	req => req.Json(
		new
		{
			x = req.RouteData.Values["x"],
			y = req.RouteData.Values["y"]
		}));

var settings = new HttpServerSettings { Port = 81, WorkerCount = 4 };
using (new HttpServer(app, settings))
{
	Console.WriteLine("Listening port {0}. Press enter to stop the server.", port);
	Console.ReadLine();
}

Functional API

Func<double, double> square = x => x * x;

var app = new ExpressApplication();
app.Json("math/json/square/{x}", square)
   .Xml("math/xml/square/{x}", square);

var settings = new HttpServerSettings { Port = 81, WorkerCount = 4 };
using (new HttpServer(app, settings))
{
	Console.WriteLine("Listening port {0}. Press enter to stop the server.", port);
	Console.ReadLine();
}

WebService Extension

internal class MathService
{
	[WebMethod]
	public double Square(double x)
	{
		return x * x;
	}

	[WebMethod]
	public double Add(double x, double y)
	{
		return x + y;
	}
}

var app = new ExpressApplication();
app.WebService<MathService>("math.svc");

var settings = new HttpServerSettings { Port = 81, WorkerCount = 4 };
using (new HttpServer(app, settings))
{
	Console.WriteLine("Listening port {0}. Press enter to stop the server.", port);
	Console.ReadLine();
}