Raphters: A web framework for C

For those that thought C had been delegated to the internals of your mobile devices or favorite database engine, Daniel Waterworth wants to string you up by the Raphters.

Raphters is a web framework written in C. Yes you heard that right, a shiny new framework for the web written in everybody’s favorite close-to-the-metal programming language. The project gets its name from RAPHT, a pattern that extends MVC that aims for greater security and flexibility:

Resources include things served up to clients like a database or API.

Actions provide ways to interact with a Resource.

Processors transform data.

Handlers provide the entry point for a request.

Templates render data.

A simple Hello World example to demostrate the patter might look something like:
#include "raphters.h"

START_HANDLER (simple, GET, "simple", res, 0, matches) {
    response_add_header(res, "content-type", "text/html");
    response_write(res, "hello world");
} END_HANDLER

START_HANDLER (default_handler, GET, "", res, 0, matches) {
    response_add_header(res, "content-type", "text/html");
    response_write(res, "default page");
} END_HANDLER

int main() {
    add_handler(simple);
    add_handler(default_handler);
    serve_forever();
    return 0;
}
If you’re a C developer looking for speed (and security) you might give Raphters a look for your next web project.

[Source on GitHub]

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Raphters: A web framework for C

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