# Noggin
**A declarative, zero-copy, proc-macro based header parser for Rust.**
**Table of Contents**
- [Features](#features)
- [Examples](#examples)
- [Testing](#testing)
## Features
- **Declarative**: Define your HTTP headers using Rust structs with strongly typed header values.
- **Zero-copy capture**: Opt-in zero-copy header value parsing.
- **Extensible**: Easily add new strongly typed header values.
## Examples
Define your HTTP header structure and derive the parsing logic using `noggin::Noggin`:
```rust
use noggin::{Noggin, HeadParser};
#[derive(Noggin)]
pub struct TestHeaders<'a> {
pub content_type: &'a str,
pub content_length: u32,
pub accept: Vec<&'a str>,
pub connection: Option<&'a str>,
pub pragma: Option<Vec<&'a str>>,
}
let raw_headers = b"content-type: text/html\r\n\
content-length: 12\r\n\
accept: text/html, text/plain\r\n\
pragma: no-cache, public\r\n\
accept: application/json\r\n\r\n\
hello world!";
let (parsed_headers, body) = TestHeaders::parse_headers(raw_headers).unwrap();
assert_eq!(parsed_headers.content_type, "text/html");
assert_eq!(parsed_headers.content_length, 12);
assert_eq!(parsed_headers.accept, vec!["text/html", "text/plain", "application/json"]);
assert_eq!(parsed_headers.pragma.unwrap(), vec!["no-cache", "public"]);
assert_eq!(body, b"hello world!");
```
## Testing
Tests should run fine with the standard `cargo test`.
However, for consistency, we recommend using the dockerized test environment.
To use the dockerized test environment the only requirements are `make` and
`docker` (you don't even need rust installed locally). Simply run the
following command.
```
make test
```