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It had occurred to me, but I thought it would make more sense for a higher level library like Rook or Sinartra to handle this kind of stuff. If you want to extract it into a new package, feel free (it'd have to be GPLv3 though, if you want a different license we'd have to discuss it).

Also I'm not that fond of our middleware.R; the API wasn't designed with a lot of care or thought, I just threw it together. If I was making something for reuse, I'd do it differently. But if you find it useful, by all means, go ahead and use it...

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Makes sense. Thanks for the help!

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@jcheng5 - I have begun to write a new package for a more general web server abstraction in R - Currently at a very early stage at thomasp85/fiery. Would you be willing to discuss some of your experiences and how you would redo the middleware code?

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The middleware stuff is really low level, like Rack, Servlet API, or WSGI level. I would make a layer on top that's opinionated and user-focused, and has built-in support for routing, REST idioms, and parameter matching--not just implemented as decorators.

I'd also rethink the API for request/response objects. As they are now they're just following the Rook specification and one could imagine a nicer API for manipulating them.

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Thanks for responding @jcheng5. The whole point of my project is exactly to create a user-focused layer that abstracts all this away. It is a pass-time project though, and my experience with creating server frameworks is low atm. Would you be interested in commenting on ideas and implementations from time to time so some of your experiences will get incorporated?

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@thomasp85 While I'd certainly be willing to weigh in, I'd advise you to set your expectations pretty low--I'm stretched a little thin these days and it can be hard for me to find time to provide answers to questions not directly related to the projects I'm working on. Definitely feel free to ask away though!

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@jcheng5 Thats all I was expecting/hoping - thanks

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