Fast and easy http framework for Deno Deploy 🦕

Kyuko is an ultra-light http framework for apps hosted on Deno Deploy.

It aims to provide developers with a similar experience to using Express, hence its name.

Table of Contents

Hello World and Usage to get started quickly
Philosophy to learn more about the apps Kyuko serves well
Guide to read an in-depth introduction on how to use Kyuko

Hello World

import { Kyuko } from "https://deno.land/x/kyuko/mod.ts";

const app = new Kyuko();

app.get("/", (req, res) => {
  res.send("Hello World!");
});

app.get("/:name", (req, res) => {
  res.send(`Hello ${req.params.name}!`);
});

app.listen();

Usage

To run your Kyuko app locally using deployctl:

deployctl run --libs="" your_kyuko_app.ts

Philosophy

Kyuko is an http framework for Deno Deploy that aims to be fast and easy.

Fast

Kyuko provides the bare minimum functionality of an http framework: routing, application-level middleware, and error handling. By focusing on what is only absolutely necessary, Kyuko powers apps that are fast by default.

Easy

Kyuko offers a set of functionality that is light and well-documented, saving developers from having to guess what is happening from outside a black box. Predictability makes Kyuko a framework that is extremely easy to adopt.

Guide

For the API reference, visit the Kyuko Deno Doc.

Routing
Middleware
Error Handling
Event Lifecycle

Routing

From Express:

Routing refers to determining how an application responds to a client request to a particular endpoint, which is [a path] and a specific HTTP request method (GET, POST, and so on).

Kyuko allows developers to register a route handler to a route path in the following manner:

app.METHOD(PATH, HANDLER);

Where:

app is an instance of Kyuko
METHOD is an http request method in lowercase
PATH is a valid route path
HANDLER is the KyukoRouteHandler executed when the route is matched

Only a single route handler is registered for a specific route path. When multiple handlers are registered under the same route path via app.METHOD(), the last route handler will be registered.

Route Paths

Route paths define endpoints at which requests can be made. They consist of segments that can either be concrete or a wildcard. In the following example, users is a concrete segment, while :userId is a wildcard segment. The example will handle GET requests that are sent to "/users/Alice", but not requests that are sent to "/", "/users", "/users/Alice/friends", etc.

app.get("/users/:userId", (req, res) => {
  const { userId } = req.params;
  res.send(`Hello ${userId}!`);
});

Response:

Hello Alice!

Kyuko only officially supports route paths that consist of unreserved characters. The behavior for when a route path consisting of other characters is registered is undefined.

Slashes in Paths

Recurring leading slashes will be merged and considered as one slash
Recurring slashes that appear mid-path will contribute to empty paths
A single trailing slash will be ignored

For more detail, refer to RFC3986.

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Middleware

Kyuko allows developers to register application-level middleware in the following manner:

app.use(MIDDLEWARE);

Where:

app is an instance of Kyuko
MIDDLEWARE is the KyukoMiddleware that is run on each request

Multiple middleware can be registered on a Kyuko application. Middleware are always called in order of registration, and will all run until completion unless an error is thrown.

Middleware functions can perform the following tasks:

Execute any code
Make changes to the request and response objects
Send a response
Defer logic until after route handling

Sending Responses

Take note of the following points when choosing to send responses in middleware:

Check res.wasSent() beforehand to make sure that no other middleware have sent a response already
The route handler that was assigned to the request will not run if a middleware responds early

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Error Handling

Kyuko allows developers to register application-level error handlers in the following manner:

app.error(HANDLER);

Where:

app is an instance of Kyuko
HANDLER is the KyukoErrorHandler that is run when errors are thrown

Like middleware, multiple error handlers can be registered on a Kyuko application. Error handlers are called when an error is thrown during execution of middleware or a route handler. Error handlers are called in order of registration, and will all run until completion unless an error is thrown from the error handlers.

Error handlers can perform the following tasks:

Execute any code
Make changes to the error, request, and response objects
Send a response

Sending Responses

Check res.wasSent() before sending a response from an error handler to make sure that a response wasn’t sent already.

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Event Lifecycle

Here is a very simple Deno Deploy script:

addEventListener("fetch", (event) => {
  const response = new Response("Hello World!");
  event.respondWith(response);
});

As shown, a simple Deno Deploy script essentially receives fetch events, and creates responses to respond with.

Kyuko adds routing, middleware, and error handling to the event lifecycle. Here are the specific steps taken, when an event is first received until the event is responded to within a Kyuko app:

[SETUP] Extraction of request information

The req object is created from the event received. The url path of the request is also extracted from the request information, for use in the next step.
[ROUTING] Finding a route handler

A registered route path is matched from the request url path, and is used to determine the route handler. If no registered route paths match the request url path, a default handler that returns a 404 Not Found is selected to handle the request. A custom default handler can be registered via app.default().

Note: only one route handler is chosen for each request.
[SETUP] Creation of req.params and req.query

If a registered route path was found, the req.params object is populated to contain pairs of wildcard segments to corresponding url path segments.
[MIDDLEWARE] Running middleware

Middleware registered via app.use() are run in this step. The middleware are given access to the req and res objects, and are free to modify them as needed. All middleware will run in order of registration and until completion, unless an error is thrown.

Middleware also can choose to defer() logic until after the [ROUTE HANDLING] step is completed.

A middleware can choose to respond early to an event by calling res.send(), res.redirect(), etc. In that case, the [ROUTE HANDLING] step will not be taken, and skips over to the [DEFERRED HANDLERS] step.
[ROUTE HANDLING] Running the route handler

The one route handler that was chosen in the [ROUTING] step will be executed in this step. The route handler will not run however, if
- A middleware chose to respond early
- A middleware threw an error AND the error handler responded early
[DEFERRED HANDLERS] Runs deferred handlers

Logic that is deferred in the [MIDDLEWARE] are run in this step. The logic will be handled LIFO, and will all run until completion unless an error is thrown. A deferred logic can also choose to respond (late) to the request.
[ERROR HANDLING] Handling errors

This step is run only if an error was thrown during the [MIDDLEWARE], [ROUTE HANDLING], or [DEFERRED HANDLERS] steps. Error handlers registered via app.error() are run in order of registration and until completion. They are given access to the err thrown and the req and res objects, and are free to modify them as needed.

Error handlers can choose to respond to the request by calling res.send(), res.redirect(), etc. If not, a 500 Internal Server Error is used as a default response.

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