## Summary
- **Deployment guide**: health check endpoint, Docker Compose example,
Caddy reverse proxy config, Procfile pattern, production checklist
- **API reference**: quick usage examples for every class (API, Request,
Response, RouteGroup, BackgroundQueue, RateLimiter, status helpers)
- **Feature tour**: new Pydantic validation and content negotiation
sections, expanded MessagePack docs
- **Testing guide**: rate limiting and mounted WSGI app test examples,
Werkzeug 3.1.7 tip
- **Middleware tutorial**: pure ASGI middleware example (no
BaseHTTPMiddleware dependency)
- **CLI guide**: environment variables section (PORT, SECRET_KEY)
- **Homepage**: updated feature list with SSE, rate limiting, Pydantic,
content negotiation, route groups
- **Backlog**: removed already-implemented items, added current ideas
+362 lines of docs, no code changes.
## Test plan
- [x] `make html` builds cleanly with no warnings
- [x] All 199 tests pass
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Signed-off-by: Kenneth Reitz <me@kennethreitz.org>
Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Co-authored-by: Andreas Motl <andreas.motl@panodata.org>
Every section now teaches web development concepts alongside the code:
- HTTP methods, status codes, content negotiation explained
- What ASGI is and why it matters
- How cookies, sessions, CORS, and HSTS work
- When to use WebSockets vs SSE
- Why request validation matters
- How background tasks differ from task queues
- What rate limiting protects against
- What Host header injection is
- Separation of concerns in templating
People should learn about web development while reading these docs.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
New sections: request validation, headers/cookies, custom error
handlers, before/after hooks, and practical tips. Every section
now explains the why, not just the how.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Define your API schemas with Pydantic models instead of (or alongside)
YAML docstrings and marshmallow:
from pydantic import BaseModel
class PetIn(BaseModel):
name: str
age: int = 0
class PetOut(BaseModel):
id: int
name: str
age: int
@api.route("/pets", methods=["POST"],
request_model=PetIn, response_model=PetOut)
async def create_pet(req, resp):
data = await req.media()
resp.media = {"id": 1, **data}
Also works with @api.schema("Name") decorator for registering
standalone schema components.
Pydantic models, marshmallow schemas, and YAML docstrings can all
be used together in the same API.
Also: rewrite docs with more prose, restore sidebar logo and links,
add FastAPI acknowledgment, update homepage copy.
161 tests, 95% coverage.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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