dart-sevr: A Dart repository from a-oboh

A library for building REST APIs easily with Dart modeled after Express JS for Node Js.

The library is still a work in progress and open to contribution.

Created with StageHand - license.

Inspiration

Our inspiration is the simplicity of express js 👏.

Installing

Add the following to your pubspec.yaml file:

dependencies:
  sevr: any

Usage

A simple usage example:

import 'dart:io';

import 'package:sevr/sevr.dart';
import 'package:path/path.dart' as p;

main() {
  var serv = Sevr();

  //let sevr know to serve from the /web directory
  serv.use(Sevr.static('example/web'));

  //Use path to get directory of the files to serve on that route
  serv.get('/serve', [
    (ServRequest req, ServResponse res) {
      return res.status(200).sendFile(p.absolute('example/web/index.html'));
    }
  ]);

  //get request
  serv.get('/test', [
    (ServRequest req, ServResponse res) {
      return res.status(200).json({'status': 'ok'});
    }
  ]);

  //post request
  serv.post('/post', [
    (ServRequest req, ServResponse res) async {
      return res.status(200).json(req.body);
    }
  ]);

  // request parameters
  serv.get('/param/:username', [
    (ServRequest req, ServResponse res) {
      return res.status(200).json({'params': req.params});
    }
  ]);

  // query parameters
  serv.get('/query', [
    (ServRequest req, ServResponse res) {
      return res.status(200).json(req.query);
    }
  ]);

  //Upload Files
  serv.get('/upload', [
    (req, res) async {
      for (var i = 0; i < req.files.keys.length; i++) {
        //Handle your file stream as you see fit, write to file, pipe to a cdn etc --->
        var file = File(req.files[req.files.keys.toList()[i]].filename);
        await for (var data
            in req.files[req.files.keys.toList()[i]].streamController.stream) {
          if (data is String) {
            await file.writeAsString(data, mode: FileMode.append);
          } else {
            await file.writeAsBytes(data, mode: FileMode.append);
          }
        }
      }

      return res.status(200).json(req.body);
    }
  ]);

  //Bind server to port 4000
  serv.listen(4000, callback: () {
    print('Listening on port: ${4000}');
  });
}

Create Server Connection

Pass in the port of your choice in this case: 4000

serv.listen(4000, callback: () {
    print('Listening on port: ${4000}');
  });

Make Server Requests

Create requests by passing in the desired route.
Put route Controllers in a List of Functions (ServRequest is a helper class that binds to HttpRequest, while ServResponse binds to the response from the HttpRequest Stream).
Set response status res.status().

Other available request types:

PUT
PATCH
DELETE
COPY
HEAD
OPTIONS
LINK
UNLINK
PURGE
LOCK
UNLOCK
PROFIND
VIEW

serv.get('/test', [
    (ServRequest req, ServResponse res) {
      return res.status(200).json({'status': 'ok'});
    }
  ]);

  serv.post('/post', [
    (ServRequest req, ServResponse res) async {
      return res.status(200).json(req.body);
    }
  ]);

Serve Files From Your Server

First Let Sevr know where you want to serve the files from with use() .
Here we used the .absolute() function from the path package, pass in the directory of your main file, in this case index.html.

  //let sevr know to serve from the /web directory
  serv.use(Sevr.static('example/web'));

  //Use path to get directory of the files to serve on that route
  serv.get('/serve', [
    (ServRequest req, ServResponse res) {
      return res.status(200).sendFile(p.absolute('example/web/index.html'));
    }
  ]);

Features and bugs

Please file feature requests and bugs at the issue tracker.

Contributing

Fork the repo, clone and raise your pull requests against the dev branch, We look forward to your your commits! 😀

a-oboh/dart-sevr