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browser. If an `<age>` string was passed in that can't be parsed as a `u8`, the
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route won't get called, resulting in a 404 error.
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## Overview
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## Documentation
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Rocket employs code generation to remove the need for boilerplate involved with
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parsing requests and request parameters, prevent invalid and/or incorrect
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requests from invoking a user's request handler, and allow the user to define
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what is valid and/or correct.
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Rocket is extensively documented:
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Rocket uses type _guards_, or _constraints_, on request handlers to
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accomplishing it's safety and correctness goals. In Rocket, handlers are _only_
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invoked if all types that appear in the request handler's argument list can be
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derived from the incoming request.
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In their simplest incarnation, guards can be types expected of parameters in a
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matched path. This is illustrated in the previous example where the `hello`
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request handler is only be invoked if the dynamic path parameter `<age>` parses
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as a `u8`. Guards can also be derived directly from a request. For instance, you
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can define an `AdminUser` type that can be derived only if the proper cookies
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were sent along with the request. Then, by simply including the type in a
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handler's argument list as follows:
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#[get("/admin/post/<id>")]
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fn admin(user: AdminUser, id: isize) -> { .. }
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you can be assured that the handler will be invoked _only_ if an administrative
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user is logged in. Any number of such guards can be included. For example, to
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retrieve the request's cookies along with the admin user, simply include the
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`&Cookies` type in the argument list:
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#[get("/admin/post/<id>")]
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fn admin(user: AdminUser, cookies: &Cookies, id: isize) -> { .. }
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Full documentation about built-in request guards is coming soon.
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* [Quickstart](guide/quickstart): How to get started as quickly as possible.
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* [Getting Started](guide/getting_started): How to start your first project.
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* [Overview](overview): A brief introduction.
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* [Guide](guide): A detailed guide and reference to every component.
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* [API Documentation](api): The "rustdocs" (API documentation).
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## Building
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### Nightly
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Rocket requires a nightly version of Rust as it makes heavy use of syntax
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extensions. This also means that the first two unwieldly lines in the Rust file
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above are required.
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extensions. This means that the first two unwieldly lines in the introductory
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example above are required.
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### Core, Codegen, and Contrib
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All of the Rocket libraries are managed by Cargo. As a result, compiling them is
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simple.
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* Core: `cd lib && cargo build`
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* Codegen: `cd codegen && cargo build`
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* Contrib: `cd contrib && cargo build`
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### Examples
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Try running the examples in the `examples/` folder. For instance, the following
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sequence of commands builds and runs the `Hello, world!` example:
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Rocket ships with an extensive number of examples in the `examples/` directory
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which can be compiled and run with Cargo. For instance, the following sequence
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of commands builds and runs the `Hello, world!` example:
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```
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cd examples/hello_world
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cargo run
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```
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Then visit `localhost:8000`. You should see `Hello, world!`.
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You should see `Hello, world!` by visiting `http://localhost:8000`.
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### OS X
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## Testing
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Apple has stopped shipping `openssl` with OS X.11. As such, if your build fails
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to compile with some `openssl` related errors, you'll need to install `openssl`,
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`cargo clean`, and then `cargo build` again. Here are some lightweight
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instructions:
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To test Rocket, simply run `./scripts/test.sh` from the root of the source tree.
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This will build and test the `core`, `codegen`, and `contrib` libraries as well
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as all of the examples. This is the script that gets run by Travis CI.
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```
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brew install openssl
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brew link --force openssl
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export OPENSSL_INCLUDE_DIR=`brew --prefix openssl`/include
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export OPENSSL_LIB_DIR=`brew --prefix openssl`/lib
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```
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### Core
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Testing for the core library is done inline in the corresponding module. For
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example, the tests for routing can be found at the bottom of the
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`lib/src/router/mod.rs` file.
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### Codegen
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Code generation tests can be found in `codegen/tests`. We use the
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[compiletest](https://crates.io/crates/compiletest_rs) library, which was
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extracted from `rustc`, for testing. See the [compiler test
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documentation](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/blob/master/COMPILER_TESTS.md)
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for information on how to write compiler tests.
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## Contributing
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Contributions are absolutely, positively welcome and encouraged! Contributions
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come in many forms. You could:
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1. Submit a feature request or bug report as an [issue](https://github.com/SergioBenitez/Rocket/issues).
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2. Comment on [issues that require
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feedback](https://github.com/SergioBenitez/Rocket/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+label%3A%22feedback+wanted%22).
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3. Contribute code via [pull requests](https://github.com/SergioBenitez/Rocket/pulls).
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We aim to keep Rocket's code quality at the highest level. This means that any
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code you contribute must be:
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* **Commented:** Public items _must_ be commented.
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* **Documented:** Exposed items _must_ have rustdoc comments with
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examples, if applicable.
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* **Styled:** Your code should be `rustfmt`'d when possible.
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* **Simple:** Your code should accomplish its task as simply and
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idiomatically as possible.
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* **Tested:** You must add (and pass) convincing tests for any functionality you add.
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* **Focused:** Your code should do what it's supposed to do and nothing more.
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All pull requests are code reviewed and tested by the CI.
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