wlua

wlua is a web framework for Lua that is as simple as it is powerful.

local wlua = require "wlua"
local app = wlua:default()

app:get("/", function (c)
    c:send("Hello wlua!")
end)

app:run()

Installation

Dependent library

Build skynet need gcc 4.9+ .

Then install use this commond:

git clone https://github.com/hanxi/wlua
cd wlua
sudo make install

WLUA_HOME and WLUA_BIN are supported by Makefile, so the following command could be used to customize installation, default WLUA_HOME is /usr/local/wlua and WLUA_BIN is /usr/local/bin/wlua :

make install WLUA_HOME=/usr/local/wlua WLUA_BIN=/usr/local/bin/wlua

So, need /usr/local/bin in $PATH .

Features

Routing use lua-rax
Middleware support
Group router support
Easy to build HTTP APIs, web site, or single page applications

Quick Start

A quick way to get started with wlua is to utilize the executable cli tool wlua to generate an scaffold application.

wlua commond is installed with wlua framework. it looks like:

$ wlua help
wlua 0.0.2, a web framework for Lua that is as simple as it is powerful.

Usage: wlua COMMAND [OPTIONS]

Commands:
 new <name>    Create a new application
 start         Start the server
 stop          Stop the server
 reload        Reload the server
 version       Show version of wlua
 help          Show help tips

Create app:

$ wlua new wlua_demo

Start server:

$ cd wlua_demo
$ wlua start

Visit http://localhost:8081 . Or use curl test:

curl -i http://localhost:8081

API Examples

More examples in wlua-examples

Using GET, POST, PUT, PATCH, DELETE and OPTIONS

local wlua = require "wlua"

-- Creates a wlua router with default logger middleware.
local app = wlua:default()

app:get("/someget", function (c)
    c:send("someget")
end)

app:post("/somepost", function (c)
    c:send("somepost")
end)

app:put("/someput", function (c)
    c:send("someput")
end)

app:delete("/somedelete", function (c)
    c:send("somedelete")
end)

app:patch("/somepatch", function (c)
    c:send("somepatch")
end)

app:head("/somehead", function (c)
    c:send("somehead")
end)

app:options("/someoptions", function (c)
    c:send("someoptions")
end)

-- By default it serves on :8081
app:run()

Parameters in path

Querystring parameters

Urlencoded Form

Another example: query + post form

Post JSON

Upload files

Grouping routes

Blank Wlua without middleware by default

Using middleware

JSON rendering

Serving static files

Serving data from file

Custom Middleware

Graceful shutdown or reload

Set and get a cookie

origin skynet service

use skynet service_provider create uniqservice

timer task

Other

More test in demo: https://github.com/hanxi/wlua-demo
Try wlua with docker compose: https://github.com/hanxi/docker-compose-wlua
More page in blog: http://blog.hanxi.cc/p/74/
A tools for monitor skyent cluster https://github.com/hanxi/skynet-admin

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