candyscript

A minimal single-line programming language for writing web servers and restAPIs :candy: :relieved: :rocket:

Pure Nim score 15/100 · last commit 2021-02-08 · 4 stars · tests present · no docs generated

Summary

Latest Version Unknown
License Unknown
CI Status Failing
Stars 4
Forks 1
Open Issues 0
Last Commit 2021-02-08
Downloads 0
Last Indexed 2026-09-07 06:07

Tags

asynchttpserver candy language nim nim-lang nimble programming-language server webserver

Installation

nimble install candyscript
choosenim install candyscript
git clone https://github.com/littledivy/candyscript

OS Compatibility

Platform Linux macOS Windows FreeBSD OpenBSD NetBSD Android iOS WASM Embedded
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Source

Repository https://github.com/littledivy/candyscript
Homepage https://github.com/littledivy/candyscript
Registry Source github

README

CandyScript

CandyScript is a lightweight yet superfast language for forging small web servers and RestAPIs. GPLv3 License PRs Welcome

Related

A maintained fork of candyscript by @benob https://github.com/benob/candyscript

Features

  • Line-by-line parser
  • One of the fastest web server powered by Nim's asynchttpserver
  • Short and efficient
  • No external database service required.
  • < 85 lines of Nim code!
  • A single binary for everything

TODO

  • [ ] Add backend integration with other languages
  • [ ] Add multiple database integration
  • [ ] Use httpbeast instead of asynchttpserver

Example

Hello, World!

# this is a comment
GET "/": Hello, World!

Building from source

Use the Nim compiler nim to compile the Bloom source code.

This code will run your candyscript server.

nim c index.nim
./index your_script.candy

Contributing

Pull requests are welcome. For major changes, please open an issue first to discuss what you would like to change.

Please make sure to update tests as appropriate.

License

MIT