# nickel-org/nickel.rs

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3,144 stars · 158 forks · Rust · mit

## Links

- GitHub: https://github.com/nickel-org/nickel.rs
- Homepage: http://nickel-org.github.io/
- awesome-repositories: https://awesome-repositories.com/repository/nickel-org-nickel-rs.md

## Description

Nickel is a web framework for the Rust programming language designed to handle HTTP requests and responses. It functions as a server-side toolkit that provides integrated routing, middleware, and JSON deserialization.

The framework utilizes a middleware-based request pipeline to insert custom logic and state management into the request-response cycle. It also includes a server-side template engine for generating dynamic HTML pages by merging data with markup templates.

The project covers high-level capabilities for REST API development, web application routing, and global error handling to intercept uncaught exceptions. It further supports type-safe state injection and the deserialization of JSON payloads into structured data.

## Tags

### Web Development

- [HTTP Servers](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/web-development/http-servers.md) — Serves as a comprehensive HTTP server framework with integrated routing and middleware.
- [Middleware Chains](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/web-development/middleware-chains.md) — Utilizes an architectural pipeline where requests are processed through a sequential chain of middleware.
- [Request Routing](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/web-development/request-routing.md) — Implements a routing system that maps incoming request paths and methods to specific handlers. ([source](http://nickel-org.github.io/))
- [RESTful API Development](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/web-development/restful-api-development.md) — Provides a framework for building RESTful web services that handle JSON data and HTTP methods.
- [Route Handlers](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/web-development/route-handlers.md) — Maps incoming HTTP requests to specific internal logic handlers using parameters and wildcards.
- [Rust Web Frameworks](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/web-development/rust-web-frameworks.md) — Provides a complete toolkit for building high-performance, safe web applications using Rust.
- [Error Handling](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/web-development/error-handling.md) — Intercepts uncaught exceptions to provide custom error pages and recovery actions. ([source](http://nickel-org.github.io/))
- [Global Error Handlers](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/web-development/global-error-handlers.md) — Includes a global error handler to intercept uncaught exceptions and return standardized HTTP error responses.
- [Trie-Based Routing Engines](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/web-development/route-organization-patterns/trie-based-routing-engines.md) — Uses a trie-based routing engine for high-performance matching of URL paths to handlers.

### Data & Databases

- [Request Payload Deserializers](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/data-databases/custom-type-converters/json-converters/request-payload-deserializers.md) — Provides built-in deserialization of JSON request payloads into structured Rust data types. ([source](http://nickel-org.github.io/))

### Networking & Communication

- [Middleware-Based Request Pipelines](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/networking-communication/communication-protocols-architectures/request-processing-architectures/request-processing/middleware-based-request-pipelines.md) — Implements a modular request-processing architecture based on pluggable middleware chains.

### Software Engineering & Architecture

- [Custom Middleware Implementations](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/software-engineering-architecture/middleware/custom-middleware-implementations.md) — Allows developers to implement custom middleware for cross-cutting concerns like authentication and logging.
- [Trait-Based Deserialization](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/software-engineering-architecture/trait-based-service-abstractions/trait-based-deserialization.md) — Leverages Rust traits to map JSON payloads to strongly typed structures for safe data processing.
- [Error Management](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/software-engineering-architecture/error-handling/error-management.md) — Implements centralized systems to catch application crashes and ensure consistent error responses.
- [Type-Safe State Injections](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/software-engineering-architecture/type-safe-state-injections.md) — Provides a type-safe container for injecting shared application state throughout the request lifecycle.

### Development Tools & Productivity

- [Server-Side Dynamic Page Generation](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/development-tools-productivity/page-skeleton-generators/dynamic-page-generators/server-side-dynamic-page-generation.md) — Generates dynamic web pages by merging data with HTML templates on the server.

### User Interface & Experience

- [HTML Template Renderers](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/user-interface-experience/layout-utilities/presentation-engines/template-engines/server-side-rendering-engines/html-template-renderers.md) — Ships a server-side rendering engine that merges data variables with markup templates to generate HTML.
- [Server-Side Template Engines](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/user-interface-experience/layout-utilities/presentation-engines/template-engines/server-side-rendering-engines/server-side-template-engines.md) — Includes a server-side template engine for injecting dynamic data into HTML responses.