vesta-web 1.2.18

An extensive web framework adding every feature needed for Carbonlab

Vesta 🍒

V1 — Harpie · A batteries-included Python web framework.

Vesta is a strongly opinionated, minimalist framework for building full-stack web applications. Routing, a PostgreSQL ORM, authentication, mailing, WebSockets, and a companion JavaScript front-end library all ship in a single package — so you can go from vesta init to a running app without wiring together a dozen dependencies.

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✨ Features

• HTTP server — fast WSGI-based routing with a simple @expose decorator
• WebSocket server — real-time messaging and notifications
• PostgreSQL ORM — lightweight, parameterized query helpers
• uniauth — built-in authentication: JWT sessions, email verification, password reset
• Mailing — SMTP delivery with DKIM signing and HTML templates
• Front-end library — reactive HTML templating, navigation, i18n, and a Markdown renderer
• Tooling — project scaffolding, DB management, and nginx/systemd setup via one CLI

📋 Requirements

• Python 3.8+
• PostgreSQL (used by the ORM and uniauth)

⏬ Installation

pip install vesta-web

Or install the latest from source control:

pip install git+https://gitlab.com/Louciole/vesta.git/

Minimal example

from vesta import Server

from os.path import abspath, dirname
PATH = dirname(abspath(__file__))

class App(Server):
    features = {"errors": {404: "/static/404.html"}}

    @Server.expose
    def index(self):
        return self.file(PATH + "/static/home/home.html")

    @Server.expose
    def hello(self, name="world"):
        return f"Hello, {name}!"

App(path=PATH, configFile="/server.ini")

A method decorated with @Server.expose becomes a route: index is served at /, and hello at /hello (query/JSON/form parameters are passed as arguments).

🛠️ CLI

Command	Description
vesta init	Scaffold a new project (choose server type & features)
vesta install	Install front-end dependencies declared in the project
vesta update	Update the bundled front-end libraries
vesta test	Run the project's test suite
vesta db create	Create and initialize the database (+ uniauth)
vesta db init	Initialize the schema on an existing database
vesta db reset	Drop and re-initialize the database
vesta nginx setup	Install an nginx site config
vesta service setup	Install and enable a systemd service

⚙️ Configuration

Settings live in server.ini (parsed with ConfigParser). A typical file:

[server]
IP = 0.0.0.0
PORT = 9876
DEBUG = true
DEFAULT_ENDPOINT = /
SERVICE_NAME = MyApp

[security]
SECRET_KEY = change-me        # signs JWT sessions — use a long random value

[DB]
DB_USER = myapp
DB_PASSWORD = ...
DB_NAME = myapp
DB_HOST = localhost
DB_PORT = 5432

Keep secrets out of version control. server.ini holds credentials and the JWT signing key — don't commit a real one. To stop tracking changes to a local copy: git update-index --assume-unchanged server.ini.

📚 Documentation

Full guides and the API reference: https://louciole.gitlab.io/vesta-docs/

📁 Build from source

python3 -m pip install --upgrade build
python3 -m build
pip install dist/vesta_web-*.whl