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Fast HTTP server that supports handlers written in Starlark.

Pronounced as "jetlark", just to keep people on their toes.

Features and limitations

Installation

Quick installation of the development version, using Go 1.17 or later:

go install github.com/xyproto/gnetlark/cmd/gnetlark@latest

Another way of building and installing the server:

git clone https://github.com/xyproto/gnetlark
cd gnetlark/cmd/gnetlark
go build
sudo install -Dm755 gnetlark /usr/bin/gnetlark

Configuration

One way to allow access to port 80 on Linux:

sudo setcap cap_net_bind_service=+ep /usr/bin/gnetlark

It's also possible to specify a port with --port or run it as root (not recommended).

Depends on

Screenshot

Screenshot of a page served by index.star, with the server running on port 7711:

screenshot

Served in 0ms:

performance

Example

A short Starlark script for handling requests and outputting "Hello, World!" (hello.star):

def index(status, msg, method, path, date):
    return "HTTP/1.1 " + status + "\r\nServer: gnetlark\r\nDate: " + date + "\r\nContent-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8\r\n\r\n" + "Hello, World!"

The "Hello World" page can be served by a command like this:

gnetlark -main hello.star -port 7711

General info