kemal/README.md
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# Kemal
Lightning Fast, Super Simple web framework for [Crystal](http://www.crystal-lang.org).
Inspired by [Sinatra](http://www.sinatrarb.com/)
Kemal is under heavy development and currently supports Crystal 0.9.0.
# Super Simple <3
```ruby
require "kemal"
get "/" do
"Hello World!"
end
```
Build and run!
```
crystal build --release src/kemal_sample.cr
./kemal_sample
```
Go to *http://localhost:3000*
Check [samples](https://github.com/kemalcr/kemal/tree/master/samples) for more.
# Installation
Add it to your ```shard.yml```
```yml
dependencies:
kemal:
github: kemalcr/kemal
branch: master
```
## Routes
In Kemal, a route is an HTTP method paired with a URL-matching pattern. Each route is associated with a block:
```ruby
get "/" do
.. show something ..
end
post "/" do
.. create something ..
end
put "/" do
.. replace something ..
end
patch "/" do
.. modify something ..
end
delete "/" do
.. annihilate something ..
end
```
## Context
Accessing the request environment (query params, body, headers e.g) is super easy. You can use the context returned from the block:
```ruby
# Matches /hello/kemal
get "/hello/:name" do |env|
name = env.params["name"]
"Hello back to #{name}"
end
# Matches /resize?width=200&height=200
get "/resize" do |env|
width = env.params["width"]
height = env.params["height"]
end
```
## Content Type
Kemal uses *text/html* as the default content type. You can change it via the context.
```ruby
# Set the content as application/json and return JSON
get "/user.json" do |env|
kemal = {name: "Kemal", language: "Crystal"}
env.set_content_type "application/json"
kemal.to_json
end
```
## Thanks
Thanks to Manas for their awesome work on [Frank](https://github.com/manastech/frank).