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A REST microframework for Deno with zero dependencies.


// File: app.ts

import { Drash } from "https://deno.land/x/drash@v1.0.0-rc1/mod.ts";

class HomeResource extends Drash.Http.Resource {
  static paths = ["/"];
  public GET() {
    this.response.body = "Hello World! deno + Drash is cool!";
    return this.response;
  }
}

const server = new Drash.Http.Server({
  response_output: "text/html",
  resources: [HomeResource]
});

server.run({
  hostname: "localhost",
  port: 1447
});

console.log("Server listening: http://localhost:1447");
$ deno --allow-net app.ts
Server listening: http://localhost:1447
$ curl localhost:1337
Hello World! deno + Drash is cool!

Documentation

Full Documentation

Lifecycle Diagram

Features

Why Use Drash?

Drash is designed to help you build your projects quickly with the ability to scale. You can build an API, a web app, an SPA (like the documentation pages), or even a static HTML site. How you use Drash is up to you, so it can be everything you need and nothing you don’t — like a DRASH tent.

Drash takes concepts from the following:

Thrown into the mix is Drash’s own concepts such as:

  • Documentation-driven development
  • Test-driven development
  • Lowering barriers to usage

Drash does not force you to use all of its code. You can pick and choose which data members you want/need and use them however you deem fit. For example, Drash comes with a console logger and a file logger. If you only want these, then you only import these into your non-Drash project. How you use it is really up to you.

Example Drash App

The example_app directory contains an example Drash application. You can run it using deno locally.

  1. Install deno.
curl -fsSL https://deno.land/x/install/install.sh | sh -s v1.0.0-rc1
  1. Run the Drash application using deno.
deno --allow-net --allow-env https://deno.land/x/drash@v1.0.0-rc1/example_app/app.ts
  1. Make the following request: GET /.
curl --request GET localhost:1447

"GET request received!"
  1. Make the following request GET /coffee/17.
curl --request GET localhost:1447/coffee/17

{"name":"Light"}
  1. Make the following request POST /.
curl --request POST localhost:1447

"POST request received!"
  1. Make the following request PATCH / (with verbose flag). This method is not defined in the HomeResource class, so you should receive a 405 response.
curl --request PATCH --verbose localhost:1447

*   Trying ::1...
* TCP_NODELAY set
* Connected to localhost (::1) port 1447 (#0)
> PATCH / HTTP/1.1
> Host: localhost:1447
> User-Agent: curl/7.64.1
> Accept: */*
>
< HTTP/1.1 405 Method Not Allowed
< content-type: application/json
< content-length: 20
<
* Connection #0 to host localhost left intact
"Method Not Allowed"* Closing connection 0

Contributing

Contributors are welcomed!