Fast, unopinionated, minimalist web framework for C++ Perfect for building REST APIs

status

• ci cd working
• request, response working
• basic routing -> ./example/simple_rest_router_server.cpp
• basic static file server -> ./example/simple_static_file_server.cpp
• chained routing
• regex for paths, query params etc.

ExpressCpp aims to be for C++ the same as express for Node.JS including its ecosystem of middlewares and extensions.

Express and Node.JS:

const express = require('express')
const app = express()
const port = 3000
app.get('/', (req, res) => res.send('Hello World!'))
app.listen(port, () => console.log(`Example app listening on port ${port}!`))

ExpressCpp:

auto expresscpp = std::make_shared<ExpressCpp>();
expresscpp->Get("/", [](auto req, auto res) { res->Send("hello world!") });
const uint16_t port = 3000u;
expresscpp.Listen(port, [](){
    std::cout << "Example app listening on port "<< port << std::endl;
}).Block();

• expresscpp-logger -> TODO
• expresscpp-static-files -> TODO
• expresscpp-grpc-proxy -> TODO
• expresscpp-reverse-proxy -> TODO
• expresscpp-basic-auth -> TODO

TODO: finish this

add this to you conan file:

expresscpp/0.1.0@conan/stable

this to your cmake:

find_package(expresscpp)
# ...
target_link_libraries(my_target PRIVATE expresscpp)

• boost/beast
• boost/asio
• nlohmann/json
• gtest (optional)
• openSSL (optional)

sudo apt install -y cmake gcc-9 g++-9 python3-pip

# we use conan for dependency management
sudo pip3 install conan --upgrade
conan remote add bincrafters "https://api.bintray.com/conan/bincrafters/public-conan"
conan remote add neargye "https://api.bintray.com/conan/neargye/conan-packages"

# we use gcovr for coverage reports
sudo pip3 install gcovr --upgrade

mkdir -p build
cd build
cmake ..
make -j