# spikard-core
Shared transport-agnostic primitives and types for building Spikard runtimes across multiple languages and frameworks.
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## Features
- **Transport-agnostic** request/response models
- **JSON Schema validation** via jsonschema crate
- **Gzip and Brotli** compression/decompression
- **RFC-compliant** header and cookie parsing
- **Query string** parsing and URL handling
- **Zero-copy design** with minimal allocations
- **Strongly-typed** request and response structures
## Installation
```toml
[dependencies]
spikard-core = "0.13.0"
```
## Quick Start
### Request/Response Handling
```rust
use spikard_core::{Request, Response};
use std::collections::HashMap;
// Create a request
let mut request = Request::new(
"GET".to_string(),
"/api/users".to_string(),
);
// Add headers
request.headers_mut().insert(
"Authorization".to_string(),
"Bearer token123".to_string(),
);
// Add query parameters
let mut query = HashMap::new();
query.insert("filter".to_string(), "active".to_string());
request.set_query_params(query);
// Create a response
let mut response = Response::new(200);
response.set_body(r#"{"users": []}"#.as_bytes().to_vec());
```
### Schema Validation
```rust
use spikard_core::validation::ValidateBody;
use serde_json::json;
let schema = json!({
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"name": { "type": "string" },
"email": { "type": "string", "format": "email" }
},
"required": ["name", "email"]
});
let body = json!({
"name": "Alice",
"email": "alice@example.com"
});
// Validate body against schema
validate_body(&body, &schema)?;
```
## Core Types
- `Request` - HTTP request model with headers, cookies, body, and path parameters
- `Response` - HTTP response model with status, headers, and body
- `HandlerResult` - Standard result type for handlers
- `ValidationError` - Structured validation errors with field-level details
- `RequestContext` - Request execution context with metadata
- `RouteConfig` - Route configuration with validation schemas
## Architecture
`spikard-core` sits at the foundation of the Spikard architecture:
```
┌─────────────────────────────────────┐
│ Language Bindings │
│ (Python, Node, Ruby, PHP, Elixir) │
└──────────────┬──────────────────────┘
│ implements
┌──────────────▼──────────────────────┐
│ spikard-http (Axum Runtime) │
└──────────────┬──────────────────────┘
│ uses
┌──────────────▼──────────────────────┐
│ spikard-core (Primitives) │
└─────────────────────────────────────┘
```
All language bindings depend on `spikard-core` to ensure consistent request/response handling across platforms.
## Related Crates
- [spikard](../spikard/README.md) - High-level HTTP framework
- [spikard-http](../spikard-http/README.md) - HTTP server implementation
## Documentation
- [Main Project README](../../README.md)
- [Full API Documentation](https://docs.rs/spikard-core)
- [spikard.dev](https://spikard.dev)
## License
MIT - See [LICENSE](../../LICENSE) for details