Francis

DSL for your Elixir web application

To install it, add the following to your mix.exs:

{:francis, "~> 0.1.0"}

Deploy it with 2 commands

mix francis.release
fly launch

HTTP Actions

defmodule GetJson do
   @moduledoc """
   Handle Easily GET, POST, PUT and DELETE requests

   Automatically parse JSON body and params
   and responses with JSON
   """

   use Francis

   get("/hello", fn _ -> %{hello: :world} end)
   get("/:name", fn %{params: params} -> params["name"] end)
   post("/", fn conn -> conn.body_params end)
end

Web Sockets

defmodule WebSocket do
   @moduledoc """
   Sets up a WebSocket endpoint
   and use pattern match to handle messages
   """
   use Francis

   ws("ws", fn "ping", socket ->
     Process.send_after(socket.transport, "pong", 1000)
     {:reply, "pong"}
   end)
end

Static Content

defmodule Static do
   @moduledoc """
   Serve static files from a directory
   """
   use Francis,
     static: [from: "pric/static", to: "/"]

   unmatched(fn _ -> "not found" end)
end

Error Handling

defmodule NotFound do
   @moduledoc """
   Simple not found handler setup
   """
   use Francis

   unmatched(fn _ -> "not found" end)
end

It also enables you to build simple htmx.org websites with a small code footprint using github.com/filipecabaco/francis_htmx

To install it in your project, add the following to your mix.exs:

{:francis_htmx, "~> 0.1.0"}

For more information and contribute, check out the repository at github.com/filipecabaco/francis

Check the code for this website at github.com/filipecabaco/francis_site