feat: add JSON request/response support

Cargo.toml

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ members = [
     "examples/todo-list",
     "examples/sessions",
     "examples/admin",
+    "examples/json",
 ]
 resolver = "2"
 
@@ -67,6 +68,7 @@ rustversion = "1"
 sea-query = { version = "0.32.0-rc.2", default-features = false }
 sea-query-binder = { version = "0.7.0-rc.2", default-features = false }
 serde = "1"
+serde_json = "1"
 sha2 = "0.11.0-pre.4"
 sqlx = { version = "0.8", default-features = false }
 subtle = { version = "2", default-features = false }

examples/json/Cargo.toml

@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+[package]
+name = "example-json"
+version = "0.1.0"
+publish = false
+description = "JSON - Flareon example."
+edition = "2021"
+
+[dependencies]
+flareon = { path = "../../flareon" }
+serde = "1"

examples/json/src/main.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+use flareon::request::{Request, RequestExt};
+use flareon::response::{Response, ResponseExt};
+use flareon::router::{Route, Router};
+use flareon::{FlareonApp, FlareonProject, StatusCode};
+use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
+
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Deserialize)]
+struct AddRequest {
+    a: i32,
+    b: i32,
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Serialize)]
+struct AddResponse {
+    result: i32,
+}
+
+async fn add(mut request: Request) -> flareon::Result<Response> {
+    let add_request: AddRequest = request.json().await?;
+    let response = AddResponse {
+        result: add_request.a + add_request.b,
+    };
+
+    Response::new_json(StatusCode::OK, &response)
+}
+
+struct AddApp;
+
+impl FlareonApp for AddApp {
+    fn name(&self) -> &'static str {
+        env!("CARGO_PKG_NAME")
+    }
+
+    fn router(&self) -> Router {
+        Router::with_urls([Route::with_handler("/", add)])
+    }
+}
+
+// Test with:
+// curl --header "Content-Type: application/json" --request POST --data '{"a": 123, "b": 456}' 'http://127.0.0.1:8080/'
+
+#[flareon::main]
+async fn main() -> flareon::Result<FlareonProject> {
+    let flareon_project = FlareonProject::builder()
+        .register_app_with_views(AddApp, "")
+        .build()
+        .await?;
+
+    Ok(flareon_project)
+}

flareon/Cargo.toml

@@ -35,7 +35,8 @@ password-auth = { workspace = true, features = ["std", "argon2"] }
 pin-project-lite.workspace = true
 sea-query = { workspace = true }
 sea-query-binder = { workspace = true, features = ["with-chrono", "runtime-tokio"] }
-serde.workspace = true
+serde = { workspace = true, features = ["derive"] }
+serde_json = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 sha2.workspace = true
 sqlx = { workspace = true, features = ["runtime-tokio", "chrono"] }
 subtle = { workspace = true, features = ["std"] }
@@ -67,9 +68,10 @@ ignored = [
 ]
 
 [features]
-default = ["sqlite", "postgres", "mysql"]
+default = ["sqlite", "postgres", "mysql", "json"]
 fake = ["dep:fake"]
 db = []
 sqlite = ["db", "sea-query/backend-sqlite", "sea-query-binder/sqlx-sqlite", "sqlx/sqlite"]
 postgres = ["db", "sea-query/backend-postgres", "sea-query-binder/sqlx-postgres", "sqlx/postgres"]
 mysql = ["db", "sea-query/backend-mysql", "sea-query-binder/sqlx-mysql", "sqlx/mysql"]
+json = ["serde_json"]

flareon/src/error.rs

@@ -72,6 +72,8 @@ impl_error_from_repr!(crate::router::path::ReverseError);
 impl_error_from_repr!(crate::db::DatabaseError);
 impl_error_from_repr!(crate::forms::FormError);
 impl_error_from_repr!(crate::auth::AuthError);
+#[cfg(feature = "json")]
+impl_error_from_repr!(serde_json::Error);
 
 #[derive(Debug, Error)]
 #[non_exhaustive]
@@ -86,7 +88,7 @@ pub(crate) enum ErrorRepr {
         source: Box<dyn std::error::Error + Send + Sync>,
     },
     /// The request body had an invalid `Content-Type` header.
-    #[error("Invalid content type; expected {expected}, found {actual}")]
+    #[error("Invalid content type; expected `{expected}`, found `{actual}`")]
     InvalidContentType {
         expected: &'static str,
         actual: String,
@@ -114,6 +116,10 @@ pub(crate) enum ErrorRepr {
     /// An error occurred while trying to authenticate a user.
     #[error("Failed to authenticate user: {0}")]
     AuthenticationError(#[from] crate::auth::AuthError),
+    /// An error occurred while trying to serialize or deserialize JSON.
+    #[error("JSON error: {0}")]
+    #[cfg(feature = "json")]
+    JsonError(#[from] serde_json::Error),
 }
 
 #[cfg(test)]
@@ -145,7 +151,7 @@ mod tests {
 
         assert_eq!(
             display,
-            "Invalid content type; expected application/json, found text/html"
+            "Invalid content type; expected `application/json`, found `text/html`"
         );
     }
 

flareon/src/headers.rs

@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
 pub(crate) const HTML_CONTENT_TYPE: &str = "text/html; charset=utf-8";
 pub(crate) const FORM_CONTENT_TYPE: &str = "application/x-www-form-urlencoded";
+#[cfg(feature = "json")]
+pub(crate) const JSON_CONTENT_TYPE: &str = "application/json";

flareon/src/request.rs

@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ use std::sync::Arc;
 
 use async_trait::async_trait;
 use bytes::Bytes;
+#[cfg(feature = "json")]
+use flareon::headers::JSON_CONTENT_TYPE;
 use indexmap::IndexMap;
 use tower_sessions::Session;
 
@@ -78,11 +80,40 @@ pub trait RequestExt: private::Sealed {
     /// Throws an error if the request method is not GET or HEAD and the content
     /// type is not `application/x-www-form-urlencoded`.
     /// Throws an error if the request body could not be read.
+    async fn form_data(&mut self) -> Result<Bytes>;
+
+    /// Get the request body as JSON and deserialize it into a type `T`
+    /// implementing `serde::de::DeserializeOwned`.
     ///
-    /// # Returns
+    /// The content type of the request must be `application/json`.
     ///
-    /// The request body as bytes.
-    async fn form_data(&mut self) -> Result<Bytes>;
+    /// # Errors
+    ///
+    /// Throws an error if the content type is not `application/json`.
+    /// Throws an error if the request body could not be read.
+    /// Throws an error if the request body could not be deserialized - either
+    /// because the JSON is invalid or because the deserialization to the target
+    /// structure failed.
+    ///
+    /// # Example
+    ///
+    /// ```
+    /// use flareon::request::{Request, RequestExt};
+    /// use flareon::response::{Response, ResponseExt};
+    /// use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
+    ///
+    /// #[derive(Serialize, Deserialize)]
+    /// struct MyData {
+    ///     hello: String,
+    /// }
+    ///
+    /// async fn my_handler(mut request: Request) -> flareon::Result<Response> {
+    ///     let data: MyData = request.json().await?;
+    ///     Ok(Response::new_json(flareon::StatusCode::OK, &data)?)
+    /// }
+    /// ```
+    #[cfg(feature = "json")]
+    async fn json<T: serde::de::DeserializeOwned>(&mut self) -> Result<T>;
 
     #[must_use]
     fn content_type(&self) -> Option<&http::HeaderValue>;
@@ -152,6 +183,16 @@ impl RequestExt for Request {
         }
     }
 
+    #[cfg(feature = "json")]
+    async fn json<T: serde::de::DeserializeOwned>(&mut self) -> Result<T> {
+        self.expect_content_type(JSON_CONTENT_TYPE)?;
+
+        let body = std::mem::take(self.body_mut());
+        let bytes = body.into_bytes().await?;
+
+        Ok(serde_json::from_slice(&bytes)?)
+    }
+
     fn content_type(&self) -> Option<&http::HeaderValue> {
         self.headers().get(http::header::CONTENT_TYPE)
     }
@@ -204,3 +245,55 @@ impl PathParams {
 pub(crate) fn query_pairs(bytes: &Bytes) -> impl Iterator<Item = (Cow<str>, Cow<str>)> {
     form_urlencoded::parse(bytes.as_ref())
 }
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn test_form_data() {
+        let mut request = http::Request::builder()
+            .method(http::Method::POST)
+            .header(http::header::CONTENT_TYPE, FORM_CONTENT_TYPE)
+            .body(Body::fixed("hello=world"))
+            .unwrap();
+
+        let bytes = request.form_data().await.unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(bytes, Bytes::from_static(b"hello=world"));
+    }
+
+    #[cfg(feature = "json")]
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn test_json() {
+        let mut request = http::Request::builder()
+            .method(http::Method::POST)
+            .header(http::header::CONTENT_TYPE, JSON_CONTENT_TYPE)
+            .body(Body::fixed(r#"{"hello":"world"}"#))
+            .unwrap();
+
+        let data: serde_json::Value = request.json().await.unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(data, serde_json::json!({"hello": "world"}));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_path_params() {
+        let mut path_params = PathParams::new();
+        path_params.insert("name".into(), "world".into());
+
+        assert_eq!(path_params.get("name"), Some("world"));
+        assert_eq!(path_params.get("missing"), None);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_query_pairs() {
+        let bytes = Bytes::from_static(b"hello=world&foo=bar");
+        let pairs: Vec<_> = query_pairs(&bytes).collect();
+        assert_eq!(
+            pairs,
+            vec![
+                (Cow::from("hello"), Cow::from("world")),
+                (Cow::from("foo"), Cow::from("bar"))
+            ]
+        );
+    }
+}