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</script></head><body><div id="package-header"><ul class="links" id="page-menu"><li><a href="src/Servant-Server.html">Source</a></li><li><a href="index.html">Contents</a></li><li><a href="doc-index.html">Index</a></li></ul><p class="caption">servant-0.2: A family of combinators for defining webservices APIs and serving them</p></div><div id="content"><div id="module-header"><table class="info"><tr><th>Safe Haskell</th><td>None</td></tr><tr><th>Language</th><td>Haskell2010</td></tr></table><p class="caption">Servant.Server</p></div><div id="table-of-contents"><p class="caption">Contents</p><ul><li><a href="#g:1">Implementing Servers</a></li><li><a href="#g:2">Route mismatch</a></li></ul></div><div id="description"><p class="caption">Description</p><div class="doc"><p>This module lets you implement <code><a href="Servant-Server.html#t:Server">Server</a></code>s for defined APIs. You'll
most likely just need <code><a href="Servant-Server.html#v:serve">serve</a></code>.</p></div></div><div id="synopsis"><p id="control.syn" class="caption expander" onclick="toggleSection('syn')">Synopsis</p><ul id="section.syn" class="hide" onclick="toggleSection('syn')"><li class="src short"><a href="#v:serve">serve</a> :: <a href="Servant-Server.html#t:HasServer">HasServer</a> layout =&gt; <a href="Servant.html#t:Proxy">Proxy</a> layout -&gt; <a href="Servant-Server.html#t:Server">Server</a> layout -&gt; <a href="https://hackage.haskell.org/package/wai-3.0.2/docs/Network-Wai.html#t:Application">Application</a></li><li class="src short"><a href="#v:toApplication">toApplication</a> :: <a href="Servant-Server.html#t:RoutingApplication">RoutingApplication</a> -&gt; <a href="https://hackage.haskell.org/package/wai-3.0.2/docs/Network-Wai.html#t:Application">Application</a></li><li class="src short"><span class="keyword">data</span> <a href="#t:RouteMismatch">RouteMismatch</a><ul class="subs"><li>= <a href="#v:NotFound">NotFound</a></li><li>| <a href="#v:WrongMethod">WrongMethod</a></li><li>| <a href="#v:InvalidBody">InvalidBody</a></li></ul></li><li class="src short"><span class="keyword">newtype</span> <a href="#t:RouteResult">RouteResult</a> a = <a href="#v:RR">RR</a> {<ul class="subs"><li><a href="#v:routeResult">routeResult</a> :: <a href="https://hackage.haskell.org/package/base-4.7.0.1/docs/Data-Either.html#t:Either">Either</a> <a href="Servant-Server.html#t:RouteMismatch">RouteMismatch</a> a</li></ul>}</li><li class="src short"><a href="#v:failWith">failWith</a> :: <a href="Servant-Server.html#t:RouteMismatch">RouteMismatch</a> -&gt; <a href="Servant-Server.html#t:RouteResult">RouteResult</a> a</li><li class="src short"><a href="#v:succeedWith">succeedWith</a> :: a -&gt; <a href="Servant-Server.html#t:RouteResult">RouteResult</a> a</li><li class="src short"><a href="#v:isMismatch">isMismatch</a> :: <a href="Servant-Server.html#t:RouteResult">RouteResult</a> a -&gt; <a href="https://hackage.haskell.org/package/base-4.7.0.1/docs/Data-Bool.html#t:Bool">Bool</a></li><li class="src short"><span class="keyword">type</span> <a href="#t:RoutingApplication">RoutingApplication</a> = <a href="https://hackage.haskell.org/package/wai-3.0.2/docs/Network-Wai.html#t:Request">Request</a> -&gt; (<a href="Servant-Server.html#t:RouteResult">RouteResult</a> <a href="https://hackage.haskell.org/package/wai-3.0.2/docs/Network-Wai.html#t:Response">Response</a> -&gt; <a href="https://hackage.haskell.org/package/base-4.7.0.1/docs/System-IO.html#t:IO">IO</a> <a href="https://hackage.haskell.org/package/wai-3.0.2/docs/Network-Wai.html#t:ResponseReceived">ResponseReceived</a>) -&gt; <a href="https://hackage.haskell.org/package/base-4.7.0.1/docs/System-IO.html#t:IO">IO</a> <a href="https://hackage.haskell.org/package/wai-3.0.2/docs/Network-Wai.html#t:ResponseReceived">ResponseReceived</a></li><li class="src short"><span class="keyword">class</span> <a href="#t:HasServer">HasServer</a> layout <span class="keyword">where</span><ul class="subs"><li><span class="keyword">type</span> <a href="#t:Server">Server</a> layout :: *</li><li><a href="#v:route">route</a> :: <a href="Servant.html#t:Proxy">Proxy</a> layout -&gt; <a href="Servant-Server.html#t:Server">Server</a> layout -&gt; <a href="Servant-Server.html#t:RoutingApplication">RoutingApplication</a></li></ul></li></ul></div><div id="interface"><h1 id="g:1">Implementing Servers</h1><div class="top"><p class="src"><a name="v:serve" class="def">serve</a> :: <a href="Servant-Server.html#t:HasServer">HasServer</a> layout =&gt; <a href="Servant.html#t:Proxy">Proxy</a> layout -&gt; <a href="Servant-Server.html#t:Server">Server</a> layout -&gt; <a href="https://hackage.haskell.org/package/wai-3.0.2/docs/Network-Wai.html#t:Application">Application</a> <a href="src/Servant-Server.html#serve" class="link">Source</a></p><div class="doc"><p><code><a href="Servant-Server.html#v:serve">serve</a></code> allows you to implement an API and produce a wai <code><a href="https://hackage.haskell.org/package/wai-3.0.2/docs/Network-Wai.html#t:Application">Application</a></code>.</p><p>Example:</p><pre>type MyApi = &quot;books&quot; :&gt; Get [Book] -- GET /books
:&lt;|&gt; &quot;books&quot; :&gt; ReqBody Book :&gt; Post Book -- POST /books
server :: Server MyApi
server = listAllBooks :&lt;|&gt; postBook
where listAllBooks = ...
postBook book = ...
app :: Application
app = serve myApi server
main :: IO ()
main = Network.Wai.Handler.Warp.run 8080 app</pre></div></div><div class="top"><p class="src"><a name="v:toApplication" class="def">toApplication</a> :: <a href="Servant-Server.html#t:RoutingApplication">RoutingApplication</a> -&gt; <a href="https://hackage.haskell.org/package/wai-3.0.2/docs/Network-Wai.html#t:Application">Application</a> <a href="src/Servant-Server.html#toApplication" class="link">Source</a></p></div><h1 id="g:2">Route mismatch</h1><div class="top"><p class="src"><span class="keyword">data</span> <a name="t:RouteMismatch" class="def">RouteMismatch</a> <a href="src/Servant-Server.html#RouteMismatch" class="link">Source</a></p><div class="subs constructors"><p class="caption">Constructors</p><table><tr><td class="src"><a name="v:NotFound" class="def">NotFound</a></td><td class="doc"><p>the usual &quot;not found&quot; error</p></td></tr><tr><td class="src"><a name="v:WrongMethod" class="def">WrongMethod</a></td><td class="doc"><p>a more informative &quot;you just got the HTTP method wrong&quot; error</p></td></tr><tr><td class="src"><a name="v:InvalidBody" class="def">InvalidBody</a></td><td class="doc"><p>an even more informative &quot;your json request body wasn't valid&quot; error</p></td></tr></table></div><div class="subs instances"><p id="control.i:RouteMismatch" class="caption collapser" onclick="toggleSection('i:RouteMismatch')">Instances</p><div id="section.i:RouteMismatch" class="show"><table><tr><td class="src"><a href="https://hackage.haskell.org/package/base-4.7.0.1/docs/Data-Eq.html#t:Eq">Eq</a> <a href="Servant-Server.html#t:RouteMismatch">RouteMismatch</a></td><td class="doc empty">&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><td class="src"><a href="https://hackage.haskell.org/package/base-4.7.0.1/docs/Text-Show.html#t:Show">Show</a> <a href="Servant-Server.html#t:RouteMismatch">RouteMismatch</a></td><td class="doc empty">&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><td class="src"><a href="https://hackage.haskell.org/package/base-4.7.0.1/docs/Data-Monoid.html#t:Monoid">Monoid</a> <a href="Servant-Server.html#t:RouteMismatch">RouteMismatch</a></td><td class="doc"><pre>&gt; mempty = NotFound
&gt;
&gt; NotFound <code><a href="https://hackage.haskell.org/package/base-4.7.0.1/docs/Data-Monoid.html#v:mappend">mappend</a></code> x = x
&gt; WrongMethod <code><a href="https://hackage.haskell.org/package/base-4.7.0.1/docs/Data-Monoid.html#v:mappend">mappend</a></code> InvalidBody = InvalidBody
&gt; WrongMethod <code><a href="https://hackage.haskell.org/package/base-4.7.0.1/docs/Data-Monoid.html#v:mappend">mappend</a></code> _ = WrongMethod
&gt; InvalidBody <code><a href="https://hackage.haskell.org/package/base-4.7.0.1/docs/Data-Monoid.html#v:mappend">mappend</a></code> _ = InvalidBody
</pre></td></tr></table></div></div></div><div class="top"><p class="src"><span class="keyword">newtype</span> <a name="t:RouteResult" class="def">RouteResult</a> a <a href="src/Servant-Server.html#RouteResult" class="link">Source</a></p><div class="doc"><p>A wrapper around <code><code><a href="https://hackage.haskell.org/package/base-4.7.0.1/docs/Data-Either.html#t:Either">Either</a></code> <code><a href="Servant-Server.html#t:RouteMismatch">RouteMismatch</a></code> a</code>.</p></div><div class="subs constructors"><p class="caption">Constructors</p><table><tr><td class="src"><a name="v:RR" class="def">RR</a></td><td class="doc empty">&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><div class="subs fields"><p class="caption">Fields</p><dl><dt class="src"><a name="v:routeResult" class="def">routeResult</a> :: <a href="https://hackage.haskell.org/package/base-4.7.0.1/docs/Data-Either.html#t:Either">Either</a> <a href="Servant-Server.html#t:RouteMismatch">RouteMismatch</a> a</dt><dd class="doc empty">&nbsp;</dd></dl><div class="clear"></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div class="subs instances"><p id="control.i:RouteResult" class="caption collapser" onclick="toggleSection('i:RouteResult')">Instances</p><div id="section.i:RouteResult" class="show"><table><tr><td class="src"><a href="https://hackage.haskell.org/package/base-4.7.0.1/docs/Data-Eq.html#t:Eq">Eq</a> a =&gt; <a href="https://hackage.haskell.org/package/base-4.7.0.1/docs/Data-Eq.html#t:Eq">Eq</a> (<a href="Servant-Server.html#t:RouteResult">RouteResult</a> a)</td><td class="doc empty">&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><td class="src"><a href="https://hackage.haskell.org/package/base-4.7.0.1/docs/Text-Show.html#t:Show">Show</a> a =&gt; <a href="https://hackage.haskell.org/package/base-4.7.0.1/docs/Text-Show.html#t:Show">Show</a> (<a href="Servant-Server.html#t:RouteResult">RouteResult</a> a)</td><td class="doc empty">&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><td class="src"><a href="https://hackage.haskell.org/package/base-4.7.0.1/docs/Data-Monoid.html#t:Monoid">Monoid</a> (<a href="Servant-Server.html#t:RouteResult">RouteResult</a> a)</td><td class="doc"><p>If we get a <code><a href="https://hackage.haskell.org/package/base-4.7.0.1/docs/Data-Either.html#v:Right">Right</a></code>, it has precedence over everything else.</p><p>This in particular means that if we could get several <code><a href="https://hackage.haskell.org/package/base-4.7.0.1/docs/Data-Either.html#v:Right">Right</a></code>s,
only the first we encounter would be taken into account.</p></td></tr></table></div></div></div><div class="top"><p class="src"><a name="v:failWith" class="def">failWith</a> :: <a href="Servant-Server.html#t:RouteMismatch">RouteMismatch</a> -&gt; <a href="Servant-Server.html#t:RouteResult">RouteResult</a> a <a href="src/Servant-Server.html#failWith" class="link">Source</a></p></div><div class="top"><p class="src"><a name="v:succeedWith" class="def">succeedWith</a> :: a -&gt; <a href="Servant-Server.html#t:RouteResult">RouteResult</a> a <a href="src/Servant-Server.html#succeedWith" class="link">Source</a></p></div><div class="top"><p class="src"><a name="v:isMismatch" class="def">isMismatch</a> :: <a href="Servant-Server.html#t:RouteResult">RouteResult</a> a -&gt; <a href="https://hackage.haskell.org/package/base-4.7.0.1/docs/Data-Bool.html#t:Bool">Bool</a> <a href="src/Servant-Server.html#isMismatch" class="link">Source</a></p></div><div class="top"><p class="src"><span class="keyword">type</span> <a name="t:RoutingApplication" class="def">RoutingApplication</a> <a href="src/Servant-Server.html#RoutingApplication" class="link">Source</a></p><div class="subs arguments"><p class="caption">Arguments</p><table><tr><td class="src">&nbsp;= <a href="https://hackage.haskell.org/package/wai-3.0.2/docs/Network-Wai.html#t:Request">Request</a></td><td class="doc"><p>the request, the field <code><a href="https://hackage.haskell.org/package/wai-3.0.2/docs/Network-Wai.html#v:pathInfo">pathInfo</a></code> may be modified by url routing</p></td></tr><tr><td class="src">-&gt; (<a href="Servant-Server.html#t:RouteResult">RouteResult</a> <a href="https://hackage.haskell.org/package/wai-3.0.2/docs/Network-Wai.html#t:Response">Response</a> -&gt; <a href="https://hackage.haskell.org/package/base-4.7.0.1/docs/System-IO.html#t:IO">IO</a> <a href="https://hackage.haskell.org/package/wai-3.0.2/docs/Network-Wai.html#t:ResponseReceived">ResponseReceived</a>)</td><td class="doc empty">&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><td class="src">-&gt; <a href="https://hackage.haskell.org/package/base-4.7.0.1/docs/System-IO.html#t:IO">IO</a> <a href="https://hackage.haskell.org/package/wai-3.0.2/docs/Network-Wai.html#t:ResponseReceived">ResponseReceived</a></td><td class="doc empty">&nbsp;</td></tr></table></div></div><div class="top"><p class="src"><span class="keyword">class</span> <a name="t:HasServer" class="def">HasServer</a> layout <span class="keyword">where</span> <a href="src/Servant-Server.html#HasServer" class="link">Source</a></p><div class="subs associated-types"><p class="caption">Associated Types</p><p class="src"><span class="keyword">type</span> <a name="t:Server" class="def">Server</a> layout :: * <a href="src/Servant-Server.html#Server" class="link">Source</a></p></div><div class="subs methods"><p class="caption">Methods</p><p class="src"><a name="v:route" class="def">route</a> :: <a href="Servant.html#t:Proxy">Proxy</a> layout -&gt; <a href="Servant-Server.html#t:Server">Server</a> layout -&gt; <a href="Servant-Server.html#t:RoutingApplication">RoutingApplication</a> <a href="src/Servant-Server.html#route" class="link">Source</a></p></div><div class="subs instances"><p id="control.i:HasServer" class="caption collapser" onclick="toggleSection('i:HasServer')">Instances</p><div id="section.i:HasServer" class="show"><table><tr><td class="src"><a href="Servant-Server.html#t:HasServer">HasServer</a> <a href="Servant-API-Delete.html#t:Delete">Delete</a></td><td class="doc"><p>If you have a <code><a href="Servant-API-Delete.html#t:Delete">Delete</a></code> endpoint in your API,
the handler for this endpoint is meant to delete
a resource.</p><p>The code of the handler will, just like
for <code><a href="Servant-API-Get.html#t:Get">Get</a></code>, <code><a href="Servant-API-Post.html#t:Post">Post</a></code> and
<code><a href="Servant-API-Put.html#t:Put">Put</a></code>, run in <code>EitherT (Int, String) IO ()</code>.
The <code><a href="https://hackage.haskell.org/package/base-4.7.0.1/docs/Data-Int.html#t:Int">Int</a></code> represents the status code and the <code><a href="https://hackage.haskell.org/package/base-4.7.0.1/docs/Data-String.html#t:String">String</a></code> a message
to be returned. You can use <code><a href="https://hackage.haskell.org/package/either-4.3.2/docs/Control-Monad-Trans-Either.html#v:left">left</a></code> to
painlessly error out if the conditions for a successful deletion
are not met.</p></td></tr><tr><td class="src"><a href="Servant-Server.html#t:HasServer">HasServer</a> <a href="Servant-API-Raw.html#t:Raw">Raw</a></td><td class="doc"><p>Just pass the request to the underlying application and serve its response.</p><p>Example:</p><pre>type MyApi = &quot;images&quot; :&gt; Raw
server :: Server MyApi
server = serveDirectory &quot;/var/www/images&quot;</pre></td></tr><tr><td class="src"><a href="https://hackage.haskell.org/package/aeson-0.8.0.2/docs/Data-Aeson-Types.html#t:ToJSON">ToJSON</a> result =&gt; <a href="Servant-Server.html#t:HasServer">HasServer</a> (<a href="Servant-API-Get.html#t:Get">Get</a> result)</td><td class="doc"><p>When implementing the handler for a <code><a href="Servant-API-Get.html#t:Get">Get</a></code> endpoint,
just like for <code><a href="Servant-API-Delete.html#t:Delete">Delete</a></code>, <code><a href="Servant-API-Post.html#t:Post">Post</a></code>
and <code><a href="Servant-API-Put.html#t:Put">Put</a></code>, the handler code runs in the
<code>EitherT (Int, String) IO</code> monad, where the <code><a href="https://hackage.haskell.org/package/base-4.7.0.1/docs/Data-Int.html#t:Int">Int</a></code> represents
the status code and the <code><a href="https://hackage.haskell.org/package/base-4.7.0.1/docs/Data-String.html#t:String">String</a></code> a message, returned in case of
failure. You can quite handily use <code><a href="Control-Monad-Trans-EitherT.html#v:left">left</a></code>
to quickly fail if some conditions are not met.</p><p>If successfully returning a value, we just require that its type has
a <code><a href="https://hackage.haskell.org/package/aeson-0.8.0.2/docs/Data-Aeson-Types.html#t:ToJSON">ToJSON</a></code> instance and servant takes care of encoding it for you,
yielding status code 200 along the way.</p></td></tr><tr><td class="src"><a href="https://hackage.haskell.org/package/aeson-0.8.0.2/docs/Data-Aeson-Types.html#t:ToJSON">ToJSON</a> a =&gt; <a href="Servant-Server.html#t:HasServer">HasServer</a> (<a href="Servant-API-Post.html#t:Post">Post</a> a)</td><td class="doc"><p>When implementing the handler for a <code><a href="Servant-API-Post.html#t:Post">Post</a></code> endpoint,
just like for <code><a href="Servant-API-Delete.html#t:Delete">Delete</a></code>, <code><a href="Servant-API-Get.html#t:Get">Get</a></code>
and <code><a href="Servant-API-Put.html#t:Put">Put</a></code>, the handler code runs in the
<code>EitherT (Int, String) IO</code> monad, where the <code><a href="https://hackage.haskell.org/package/base-4.7.0.1/docs/Data-Int.html#t:Int">Int</a></code> represents
the status code and the <code><a href="https://hackage.haskell.org/package/base-4.7.0.1/docs/Data-String.html#t:String">String</a></code> a message, returned in case of
failure. You can quite handily use <code><a href="Control-Monad-Trans-EitherT.html#v:left">left</a></code>
to quickly fail if some conditions are not met.</p><p>If successfully returning a value, we just require that its type has
a <code><a href="https://hackage.haskell.org/package/aeson-0.8.0.2/docs/Data-Aeson-Types.html#t:ToJSON">ToJSON</a></code> instance and servant takes care of encoding it for you,
yielding status code 201 along the way.</p></td></tr><tr><td class="src"><a href="https://hackage.haskell.org/package/aeson-0.8.0.2/docs/Data-Aeson-Types.html#t:ToJSON">ToJSON</a> a =&gt; <a href="Servant-Server.html#t:HasServer">HasServer</a> (<a href="Servant-API-Put.html#t:Put">Put</a> a)</td><td class="doc"><p>When implementing the handler for a <code><a href="Servant-API-Put.html#t:Put">Put</a></code> endpoint,
just like for <code><a href="Servant-API-Delete.html#t:Delete">Delete</a></code>, <code><a href="Servant-API-Get.html#t:Get">Get</a></code>
and <code><a href="Servant-API-Post.html#t:Post">Post</a></code>, the handler code runs in the
<code>EitherT (Int, String) IO</code> monad, where the <code><a href="https://hackage.haskell.org/package/base-4.7.0.1/docs/Data-Int.html#t:Int">Int</a></code> represents
the status code and the <code><a href="https://hackage.haskell.org/package/base-4.7.0.1/docs/Data-String.html#t:String">String</a></code> a message, returned in case of
failure. You can quite handily use <code><a href="Control-Monad-Trans-EitherT.html#v:left">left</a></code>
to quickly fail if some conditions are not met.</p><p>If successfully returning a value, we just require that its type has
a <code><a href="https://hackage.haskell.org/package/aeson-0.8.0.2/docs/Data-Aeson-Types.html#t:ToJSON">ToJSON</a></code> instance and servant takes care of encoding it for you,
yielding status code 200 along the way.</p></td></tr><tr><td class="src">(<a href="Servant-Server.html#t:HasServer">HasServer</a> a, <a href="Servant-Server.html#t:HasServer">HasServer</a> b) =&gt; <a href="Servant-Server.html#t:HasServer">HasServer</a> (<a href="Servant-API-Alternative.html#t::-60--124--62-">(:&lt;|&gt;)</a> a b)</td><td class="doc"><p>A server for <code>a <code><a href="Servant-API-Alternative.html#t::-60--124--62-">:&lt;|&gt;</a></code> b</code> first tries to match the request again the route
represented by <code>a</code> and if it fails tries <code>b</code>. You must provide a request
handler for each route.</p><pre>type MyApi = &quot;books&quot; :&gt; Get [Book] -- GET /books
:&lt;|&gt; &quot;books&quot; :&gt; ReqBody Book :&gt; Post Book -- POST /books
server :: Server MyApi
server = listAllBooks :&lt;|&gt; postBook
where listAllBooks = ...
postBook book = ...</pre></td></tr><tr><td class="src">(<a href="https://hackage.haskell.org/package/base-4.7.0.1/docs/GHC-TypeLits.html#t:KnownSymbol">KnownSymbol</a> capture, <a href="Servant-Common-Text.html#t:FromText">FromText</a> a, <a href="Servant-Server.html#t:HasServer">HasServer</a> sublayout) =&gt; <a href="Servant-Server.html#t:HasServer">HasServer</a> (<a href="Servant-API-Sub.html#t::-62-">(:&gt;)</a> * (<a href="Servant-API-Capture.html#t:Capture">Capture</a> <a href="https://hackage.haskell.org/package/base-4.7.0.1/docs/GHC-TypeLits.html#t:Symbol">Symbol</a> * capture a) sublayout)</td><td class="doc"><p>If you use <code><a href="Servant-API-Capture.html#t:Capture">Capture</a></code> in one of the endpoints for your API,
this automatically requires your server-side handler to be a function
that takes an argument of the type specified by the <code><a href="Servant-API-Capture.html#t:Capture">Capture</a></code>.
This lets servant worry about getting it from the URL and turning
it into a value of the type you specify.</p><p>You can control how it'll be converted from <code><a href="https://hackage.haskell.org/package/text-1.2.0.0/docs/Data-Text.html#t:Text">Text</a></code> to your type
by simply providing an instance of <code><a href="Servant-Common-Text.html#t:FromText">FromText</a></code> for your type.</p><p>Example:</p><pre>type MyApi = &quot;books&quot; :&gt; Capture &quot;isbn&quot; Text :&gt; Get Book
server :: Server MyApi
server = getBook
where getBook :: Text -&gt; EitherT (Int, String) IO Book
getBook isbn = ...</pre></td></tr><tr><td class="src">(<a href="https://hackage.haskell.org/package/base-4.7.0.1/docs/GHC-TypeLits.html#t:KnownSymbol">KnownSymbol</a> sym, <a href="Servant-Common-Text.html#t:FromText">FromText</a> a, <a href="Servant-Server.html#t:HasServer">HasServer</a> sublayout) =&gt; <a href="Servant-Server.html#t:HasServer">HasServer</a> (<a href="Servant-API-Sub.html#t::-62-">(:&gt;)</a> * (<a href="Servant-API-Header.html#t:Header">Header</a> <a href="https://hackage.haskell.org/package/base-4.7.0.1/docs/GHC-TypeLits.html#t:Symbol">Symbol</a> * sym a) sublayout)</td><td class="doc"><p>If you use <code><a href="Servant-API-Header.html#t:Header">Header</a></code> in one of the endpoints for your API,
this automatically requires your server-side handler to be a function
that takes an argument of the type specified by <code><a href="Servant-API-Header.html#t:Header">Header</a></code>.
This lets servant worry about extracting it from the request and turning
it into a value of the type you specify.</p><p>All it asks is for a <code><a href="Servant-Common-Text.html#t:FromText">FromText</a></code> instance.</p><p>Example:</p><pre>newtype Referer = Referer Text
deriving (Eq, Show, FromText, ToText)
-- GET /view-my-referer
type MyApi = &quot;view-my-referer&quot; :&gt; Header &quot;Referer&quot; Referer :&gt; Get Referer
server :: Server MyApi
server = viewReferer
where viewReferer :: Referer -&gt; EitherT (Int, String) IO referer
viewReferer referer = return referer</pre></td></tr><tr><td class="src">(<a href="https://hackage.haskell.org/package/base-4.7.0.1/docs/GHC-TypeLits.html#t:KnownSymbol">KnownSymbol</a> sym, <a href="Servant-Server.html#t:HasServer">HasServer</a> sublayout) =&gt; <a href="Servant-Server.html#t:HasServer">HasServer</a> (<a href="Servant-API-Sub.html#t::-62-">(:&gt;)</a> * (<a href="Servant-API-QueryParam.html#t:QueryFlag">QueryFlag</a> <a href="https://hackage.haskell.org/package/base-4.7.0.1/docs/GHC-TypeLits.html#t:Symbol">Symbol</a> sym) sublayout)</td><td class="doc"><p>If you use <code><code><a href="Servant-API-QueryParam.html#t:QueryFlag">QueryFlag</a></code> &quot;published&quot;</code> in one of the endpoints for your API,
this automatically requires your server-side handler to be a function
that takes an argument of type <code><a href="https://hackage.haskell.org/package/base-4.7.0.1/docs/Data-Bool.html#t:Bool">Bool</a></code>.</p><p>Example:</p><pre>type MyApi = &quot;books&quot; :&gt; QueryFlag &quot;published&quot; :&gt; Get [Book]
server :: Server MyApi
server = getBooks
where getBooks :: Bool -&gt; EitherT (Int, String) IO [Book]
getBooks onlyPublished = ...return all books, or only the ones that are already published, depending on the argument...</pre></td></tr><tr><td class="src">(<a href="https://hackage.haskell.org/package/base-4.7.0.1/docs/GHC-TypeLits.html#t:KnownSymbol">KnownSymbol</a> sym, <a href="Servant-Common-Text.html#t:FromText">FromText</a> a, <a href="Servant-Server.html#t:HasServer">HasServer</a> sublayout) =&gt; <a href="Servant-Server.html#t:HasServer">HasServer</a> (<a href="Servant-API-Sub.html#t::-62-">(:&gt;)</a> * (<a href="Servant-API-QueryParam.html#t:QueryParams">QueryParams</a> <a href="https://hackage.haskell.org/package/base-4.7.0.1/docs/GHC-TypeLits.html#t:Symbol">Symbol</a> * sym a) sublayout)</td><td class="doc"><p>If you use <code><code><a href="Servant-API-QueryParam.html#t:QueryParams">QueryParams</a></code> &quot;authors&quot; Text</code> in one of the endpoints for your API,
this automatically requires your server-side handler to be a function
that takes an argument of type <code>[<code>Text</code>]</code>.</p><p>This lets servant worry about looking up 0 or more values in the query string
associated to <code>authors</code> and turning each of them into a value of
the type you specify.</p><p>You can control how the individual values are converted from <code>Text</code> to your type
by simply providing an instance of <code><a href="Servant-Common-Text.html#t:FromText">FromText</a></code> for your type.</p><p>Example:</p><pre>type MyApi = &quot;books&quot; :&gt; QueryParams &quot;authors&quot; Text :&gt; Get [Book]
server :: Server MyApi
server = getBooksBy
where getBooksBy :: [Text] -&gt; EitherT (Int, String) IO [Book]
getBooksBy authors = ...return all books by these authors...</pre></td></tr><tr><td class="src">(<a href="https://hackage.haskell.org/package/base-4.7.0.1/docs/GHC-TypeLits.html#t:KnownSymbol">KnownSymbol</a> sym, <a href="Servant-Common-Text.html#t:FromText">FromText</a> a, <a href="Servant-Server.html#t:HasServer">HasServer</a> sublayout) =&gt; <a href="Servant-Server.html#t:HasServer">HasServer</a> (<a href="Servant-API-Sub.html#t::-62-">(:&gt;)</a> * (<a href="Servant-API-QueryParam.html#t:QueryParam">QueryParam</a> <a href="https://hackage.haskell.org/package/base-4.7.0.1/docs/GHC-TypeLits.html#t:Symbol">Symbol</a> * sym a) sublayout)</td><td class="doc"><p>If you use <code><code><a href="Servant-API-QueryParam.html#t:QueryParam">QueryParam</a></code> &quot;author&quot; Text</code> in one of the endpoints for your API,
this automatically requires your server-side handler to be a function
that takes an argument of type <code><code><a href="https://hackage.haskell.org/package/base-4.7.0.1/docs/Data-Maybe.html#t:Maybe">Maybe</a></code> <code>Text</code></code>.</p><p>This lets servant worry about looking it up in the query string
and turning it into a value of the type you specify, enclosed
in <code><a href="https://hackage.haskell.org/package/base-4.7.0.1/docs/Data-Maybe.html#t:Maybe">Maybe</a></code>, because it may not be there and servant would then
hand you <code><a href="https://hackage.haskell.org/package/base-4.7.0.1/docs/Data-Maybe.html#v:Nothing">Nothing</a></code>.</p><p>You can control how it'll be converted from <code>Text</code> to your type
by simply providing an instance of <code><a href="Servant-Common-Text.html#t:FromText">FromText</a></code> for your type.</p><p>Example:</p><pre>type MyApi = &quot;books&quot; :&gt; QueryParam &quot;author&quot; Text :&gt; Get [Book]
server :: Server MyApi
server = getBooksBy
where getBooksBy :: Maybe Text -&gt; EitherT (Int, String) IO [Book]
getBooksBy Nothing = ...return all books...
getBooksBy (Just author) = ...return books by the given author...</pre></td></tr><tr><td class="src">(<a href="https://hackage.haskell.org/package/aeson-0.8.0.2/docs/Data-Aeson-Types.html#t:FromJSON">FromJSON</a> a, <a href="Servant-Server.html#t:HasServer">HasServer</a> sublayout) =&gt; <a href="Servant-Server.html#t:HasServer">HasServer</a> (<a href="Servant-API-Sub.html#t::-62-">(:&gt;)</a> * (<a href="Servant-API-ReqBody.html#t:ReqBody">ReqBody</a> * a) sublayout)</td><td class="doc"><p>If you use <code><a href="Servant-API-ReqBody.html#t:ReqBody">ReqBody</a></code> in one of the endpoints for your API,
this automatically requires your server-side handler to be a function
that takes an argument of the type specified by <code><a href="Servant-API-ReqBody.html#t:ReqBody">ReqBody</a></code>.
This lets servant worry about extracting it from the request and turning
it into a value of the type you specify.</p><p>All it asks is for a <code><a href="https://hackage.haskell.org/package/aeson-0.8.0.2/docs/Data-Aeson-Types.html#t:FromJSON">FromJSON</a></code> instance.</p><p>Example:</p><pre>type MyApi = &quot;books&quot; :&gt; ReqBody Book :&gt; Post Book
server :: Server MyApi
server = postBook
where postBook :: Book -&gt; EitherT (Int, String) IO Book
postBook book = ...insert into your db...</pre></td></tr><tr><td class="src">(<a href="https://hackage.haskell.org/package/base-4.7.0.1/docs/GHC-TypeLits.html#t:KnownSymbol">KnownSymbol</a> path, <a href="Servant-Server.html#t:HasServer">HasServer</a> sublayout) =&gt; <a href="Servant-Server.html#t:HasServer">HasServer</a> (<a href="Servant-API-Sub.html#t::-62-">(:&gt;)</a> <a href="https://hackage.haskell.org/package/base-4.7.0.1/docs/GHC-TypeLits.html#t:Symbol">Symbol</a> path sublayout)</td><td class="doc"><p>Make sure the incoming request starts with <code>&quot;/path&quot;</code>, strip it and
pass the rest of the request path to <code>sublayout</code>.</p></td></tr></table></div></div></div></div></div><div id="footer"><p>Produced by <a href="http://www.haskell.org/haddock/">Haddock</a> version 2.15.0</p></div></body></html>