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connexion
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jelly-actix-web-starter
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Show HN: Rust Web Framework
https://github.com/poem-web/poem is one Rust framework with swagger definitions out of the box.
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Rust needs a web framework for lazy developers
There is one: Poem[1]
The author mentions flask but looking at the "What we need section", I don't think flask covers those. I hate Djago with a passion but if those are the requirements, I think Django is the one that closely resembles what the author is describing. So Poem is not a good candidate either in that regard. Poem is all in all, something that closely resembles FastAPI, which is actually a complement. I've tried half a dozen rust web frameworks and they all come with a ton of boilerplate fiddling with the initial setup. Which is a problem if you want to get things done fast. In that regard, poem nails it. Yes, actix has a considerably better performance but unless you are aiming for sub-30 millisecond responses, then actix is not what you should be looking at to begin with. Also if you crave a Pydantic, there is a crate that sort of does that for you: https://crates.io/crates/poem-openapi
[1] https://github.com/poem-web/poem
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Write OpenAPI with TypeSpec
TypeSpec is great, but if you're working with Rust and you're about to write a new project that will require an OpenApi spec sooner or later, I'd like to recommend a web framework that has spec generation baked in:
https://github.com/poem-web/poem (see poem_openapi)
All you need to do is derive a trait on your response structs and in return you get an almost perfectly generated spec. Unions, objects, enums are first class citizens.
Also, if you're from coming from PHP, the controllers feel very much like symfony controllers.
P.s. Please do recommend an ORM that would feel closer to doctrine. I miss doctrine.
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What is the best API generator for Axum?
I've used FastAPI/Pydantic before as well and it was a very good experience. It has been a while since I used them though, so I forget exactly how they compare, but I do recall it wrote most of the OpenAPI spec. for you. I will also agree when I saw utoipa and aide they seemed to require more boilerplate even though I have not done an actual comparison. Poem, on the other hand, seems very neat and clean and doesn't have any duplication that I can see. Here is the [TODO example](https://github.com/poem-web/poem/blob/master/examples/openapi/todos/src/main.rs).
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Looking for a Rust API with automatic documentation and good validation?
The example at https://github.com/poem-web/poem/tree/master/examples/openapi/auth-apikey works without issues for me.
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What library to use for a Websocket Server?
'Poem', it turns to nicer to play with for me than 'Axum'. Example of web socket chat https://github.com/poem-web/poem/blob/master/examples/poem/websocket-chat/src/main.rs
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Rest API framework in rust
If you need built-in OpenAPI support, I can recommend Poem.
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(Recommendation Request) Rust REST API framework; similar to Python's FastAPI(Python)
If OpenAPI is important, then you may to consider https://github.com/poem-web/poem instead of axum. It isn't nearly as widely used, but it should still be compatible with everything else.
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Hey Rustaceans! Got a question? Ask here (3/2023)!
Poem: More rigid and less popular and aims to be easier https://github.com/poem-web/poem
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A taste of pavex, an upcoming Rust web framework
Did you check out Poem? It seems promising, with openapi generation built in already.
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The primary programming language of poem is Rust.
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