A clean interface for building HTTP servers, frameworks, and clients in Elixir, supporting both simple and streaming exchanges.
Raxx is a standardized interface for HTTP communication in Elixir that abstracts the complexities of HTTP messaging. It enables developers to build webservers, frameworks, and clients with a consistent API, supporting both simple request-response cycles and advanced streaming interactions.
Elixir developers building HTTP-based applications, including those creating custom webservers, web frameworks, or HTTP clients that require fine-grained control over streaming and stateful connections.
Developers choose Raxx for its minimal yet powerful abstraction over HTTP that integrates seamlessly with Elixir's concurrency model and functional design, offering a clean separation of concerns and support for both simple and complex HTTP interactions like streaming and long-polling.
Interface for HTTP webservers, frameworks and clients
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Raxx seamlessly works with Elixir's concurrency model, enabling stateful servers and asynchronous operations, as demonstrated in the LongPoll example using Process.send_after.
Provides low-level control over bidirectional streaming for both requests and responses, evident in examples like Upload for client streaming and SubscribeToMessages for server streaming.
Offers a clean abstraction over HTTP with standardized interfaces for servers and clients, ensuring consistency across different parts of an application, as shown in the simple server callbacks.
Includes Raxx.Router for mapping requests based on method and path, simplifying request handling without external dependencies, as illustrated in the MyApp example.
Requires a compatible HTTP server like Ace for deployment, adding setup steps compared to all-in-one frameworks, as noted in the running a server section.
The low-level streaming API involves managing multiple callbacks and state, which can be error-prone and challenging for developers new to HTTP streaming concepts.
Lacks built-in support for common web development needs such as sessions, CSRF protection, or database integration, requiring manual implementation or additional libraries.