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# spiderweb
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As a professional web developer focusing on arcane uses of Django for arcane purposes, it occurred to me a little while ago that I didn't actually know how a web framework _worked_.
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So I built one.
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`spiderweb` is a small web framework, just big enough to hold a spider. Getting started is easy:
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```shell
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poetry add spiderweb-framework
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```
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Create a new file and drop this in it:
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```python
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from spiderweb import SpiderwebRouter
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from spiderweb.response import HttpResponse
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app = SpiderwebRouter()
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@app.route("/")
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def index(request):
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return HttpResponse("HELLO, WORLD!")
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if __name__ == "__main__":
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app.start()
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```
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My goal with this framework was to do three things:
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1. Learn a lot
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2. Create an unholy blend of Django and Flask
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3. Not look at any existing code. Go off of vibes alone and try to solve all the problems I could think of in my own way
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And, honestly, I think I got there. Here's a non-exhaustive list of things this can do:
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* Function-based views
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* Optional Flask-style URL routing
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* Optional Django-style URL routing
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* URLs with variables in them a lá Django
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* Gunicorn support
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* Full middleware implementation
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* Limit routes by HTTP verbs
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* Custom error routes
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* Built-in dev server
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* HTML templates with Jinja2
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* Static files support
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* Cookies (reading and setting)
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* Optional append_slash (with automatic redirects!)
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* ~~CSRF middleware implementation~~ (it's there, but it's crappy and unsafe. I'm working on it.)
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* Optional POST data validation middleware with Pydantic
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The TODO list:
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* Tests (important)
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* Database support
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* Session middleware
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* Fix CSRF middleware once database support is included
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Once tests are in and proven to work, then I'll release as version 1.0.
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More documentation to follow!
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If you're reading this on GitHub, this repository is a public mirror of https://git.joekaufeld.com/jkaufeld/spiderweb. |