asita 0.2.0

A web application framework

What is Asita ?

Asita is a web application framework for python. It is designed to be easy to use and be more easy for javascript users to use python frameworks because it is based on express-js framework.

How to install Asita ?

Install this package using pip

$ pip install asita

Documentation

Get started

Exemple

from asita import Application

# creating application instance
app = Application()

# callback when web server is ready
def listen_callback(error):
    if error:
        raise error
    print(f"Server listening on port 1000.")

# listen the webserver on port (for instance port 1000)
app.listen(1000, lambda error: listen_callback(error))

Application class

Methods

Name	Parameters	Description
all(path, callback)	path: string, callback: function	Routes an HTTP request, where all is the HTTP method such as GET, PUT, POST, OATCH, DELETE, HEAD
post(path, callback)	path: string, callback: function	Routes HTTP POST requests
get(path, callback)	path: string, callback: function	Routes HTTP GET requests
put(path, callback)	path: string, callback: function	Routes HTTP PUT requests
patch(path, callback)	path: string, callback: function	Routes HTTP PATCH requests
delete(path, callback)	path: string, callback: function	Routes HTTP DELETE requests
head(path, callback)	path: string, callback: function	Routes HTTP HEAD requests
define_asset(name, directory)	name: string, directory: string	Define the asset directory access
listen(port, callback)	port: integer, callback: function	start listening a port

Create a route

Exemple

# some awesome things check request and response methods :-)
def home(request, response):
    pass

# "/" is the default path
app.all("/", lambda req, res: home(req, res))

To see more example, check the example file.

Request class

Attributs

Name	Description
headers	headers of the request
session	client session
path	the url's path
request_type	type of request
server_address	address of the requested server
server_version	version of the requested server
protocol_version	version of the HTTP protocol
body	the body content of the POST request
query	url params

Methods

Name	Parameters	Description
get(value)	value: string	get a header of the request
accepts()	none	get types which are accepted

Response class

Methods

Name	Parameters	Description
status(code)	code: HttpResponses	return the response's state
set_header(key, value)	key: string, value: string	add/update headers
send(data, type?, encoded?)	data: object, type: string, encoded: boolean, is_asset: boolean	send response
json(data)	data: dict	write json on a page
render(path)	path: string	render html file.
end()	none	stop the current request

? means that it is optionnal

Sessions class

Name	Parameters	Description
add()	none	create new empty session
all()	none	get all sessions
has(sessionId)	key: string	verify if a session exists
get(sessionId)	key: string	get a session by id
delete(sessionId)	key: string	delete session by id
radnom_session_id @Static method	none	get all sessions

Session class

Name	Parameters	Description
get_session_id	none	get the id of the session
set(key, value)	key: string, value: string	add data to the client session
has(key)	key: string	verify if client session has the selected data
get(key)	key: string	get data from client session
delete(key)	key: string	delete data from client session
all()	none	get client session data

Enumerations

HttpMethods

HTTP Methods
GET
POST
PUT
DELETE
PATCH
HEAD
ALL

HttpResponses

Client side

Response types	Codes
OK	200
NO_CONTENT	204
UNAUTHORIZED	401
FORBIDDEN	403
NOT_FOUND	404
BAD_REQUEST	400

Server side

Response types	Codes
INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR	500

License

MIT LICENSE