seanmonstar/warp
Warp
Warp is a Rust HTTP web framework designed for building high-performance web servers. It provides a system for managing request pipelines, implementing WebSocket servers for bidirectional communication, and serving static assets from the local filesystem.
The framework is characterized by its use of type-safe request pipelines and routing. It utilizes a filter-based approach to extract and validate metadata from headers, query strings, and request bodies before they reach the application handler.
Broad capability areas include HTTP API development, asynchronous task execution, and state-based dependency injection. The project also incorporates utilities for request activity logging and response payload compression.
Features
- High-Performance Web Frameworks - A high-performance Rust web framework focused on type-safe request pipelines and routing.
- WebSocket Servers - Implements a framework for establishing and managing persistent, bidirectional WebSocket connections for real-time data exchange.
- Asynchronous Request Handlers - Processes concurrent HTTP requests and WebSocket connections using non-blocking asynchronous tasks via the Tokio runtime.
- Request Validation - Extracts and verifies metadata from headers, query strings, and request bodies before they reach application logic.
- Middleware Pipelines - Uses a request processing chain of modular filters and interceptors to validate headers and bodies.
- Request Body Parsers - Provides middleware to parse incoming HTTP request payloads into structured formats like JSON.
- High-Performance HTTP Servers - Optimized for low-latency, high-throughput web service delivery with efficient request handling.
- Request Metadata - Extracts and validates metadata from headers and query strings to control request flow.
- Request Pipelines - Provides a system for chaining reusable logic units to process requests through sequential lifecycle hooks.
- Request Routing - Matches incoming requests against specific URL path segments and extracts dynamic URI parameters.
- Filter Composition - Implements a composable filter system to validate and extract data from paths and headers.
- RESTful API Development - Facilitates building REST APIs using a composable pipeline for routing, filtering, and request processing.
- Type-Safe Routing - Leverages the Rust type system to automatically parse and validate path and query parameters into typed structures.
- Websocket Connection Managers - Establishes and maintains persistent, bidirectional, full-duplex communication channels between the server and clients.
- Dependency Injection - Injects shared application state into request handlers via a generic wrapper that persists across the server lifecycle.
- Request Middleware - Wraps request handlers in reusable layers to implement cross-cutting concerns like logging and compression.
- Static Asset Serving - Provides built-in capabilities to deliver static files and directory listings from the local filesystem to clients over HTTP.
