# README #

### What's this? ###

This module implements a basic framework for interacting with the

Mongrel2 webserver. (http://mongrel2.org).

### Installation ###

The easiest way to install this module is via the nimble package manager, 

by simply running 'nimble install mongrel2'.

Alternatively, you can fetch the 'mongrel2.nim' file yourself, and put it in a place of your choosing.

### Usage ###

The "bare minimum" required for testing your Mongrel2 configuration is

nearly a one-liner.

```

#!nimrod

import mongrel2

newM2Handler( "app-id", "tcp://127.0.0.1:9009", "tcp://127.0.0.1:9008" ).run

```

Assuming your Mongrel2 server is configured correctly, you should be

able to steer a browser to your handler to see a helpful message.

To do anything more complex, you'll want to look at the module

documentation.  Here's a "hello world":

```

#!nimrod

let handler = newM2Handler( "app-id", "tcp://127.0.0.1:9009", "tcp://127.0.0.1:9008" )

proc hello_world( request: M2Request ): M2Response =

    result = request.response

    result[ "Content-Type" ] = "text/plain"

    result.body = "Hello there, world!"

    result.status = HTTP_OK

handler.action = hello_world

handler.run

```

This module would be suitable to build a more elaborate framework

around, such as Ruby's "Strelka" (https://github.com/ged/strelka).  I

may eventually look into integration with Jasper, as well.