tea-web 0.3.1

Micro HTTP library for Python.

🍵 Tea

Micro HTTP library for Python.

The 418 I am a teapot code comes true.

Developer Note: Flask is very popular web framework for Python and it may be one of the most used. So I thought in some places comparing Tea and Flask is a good idea. At the same time, Tea has Express.js-like syntax (which is web framework for JavaScript) with it's callback function syntax, Request, Response and URL objects. Also got a lot of reference from FastAPI too.

We can say this micro library is like their mix, to be different. It is just a "HTTP library" instead of "web framework" or "web library" because no need to exaggerate it.

Quick Start

$ pip install tea-web

Hello, World!

Simple Hello, World! example in Tea and equivalents in Flask and Express.js. See /examples for more example.

Tea

# app.py
from tea import Tea
app = Tea()
def handle_index(req, res):
    res.send("Hello, World!")
app.get("/", handle_index)
app.listen(port=8080)

Flask

# app.py
from flask import Flask
app = Flask(__name__)
@app.route("/", methods=["GET"])
def handle_index():
    return "Hello, World!"
app.run(port=8080)

Express.js

// app.js
import express from "express";
const app = express();
app.get("/", (req, res) => {
    res.send("Hello, World!");
});
app.listen(8080);

Advantages of Tea

• Lightweight. No external requirement and the package cost is only ~7 KB.
• More control over the Request, Response and URL objects. This objects can be used outside the library structure.
• Easy to use and helpful on handling simple HTTP requests.

Disadvantages of Tea

• Limited features and methods.
• No template engine like Flask.
• Callback function syntax is not really Pythonic without decorators. (Done on purpose but true.)
• Not sure if it's ready for production.

Documentation

• See DOCUMENTATION.md.

License

• Licensed under the MIT License.