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diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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+moonshine
+=========
+
+A web service framework for Haskell, similar in purpose to dropwizard.
diff --git a/Setup.hs b/Setup.hs
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+import Distribution.Simple
+main = defaultMain
diff --git a/moonshine.cabal b/moonshine.cabal
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+-- Initial moonshine.cabal generated by cabal init.  For further 
+-- documentation, see http://haskell.org/cabal/users-guide/
+
+name:                moonshine
+version:             1.2.2.1
+synopsis:            A web service framework for Haskell, similar in purpose to dropwizard.
+-- description:         
+homepage:            https://github.com/SumAll/moonshine
+license:             Apache-2.0
+license-file:        LICENSE
+author:              Rick Owens
+maintainer:          rowens@sumall.com
+copyright:           2014
+category:            Web
+build-type:          Simple
+extra-source-files:  README.md
+cabal-version:       >=1.10
+
+library
+  exposed-modules:     
+    Web.Moonshine
+  -- other-modules:       
+  other-extensions:  DeriveGeneric
+  build-depends:
+    base >= 4.7 && < 5.0,
+    canteven-config >= 0.1 && < 0.2,
+    aeson,
+    bytestring,
+    directory,
+    ekg >= 0.4.0.4,
+    ekg-core,
+    filepath,
+    hslogger,
+    snap,
+    text,
+    time,
+    transformers,
+    yaml
+  hs-source-dirs:      src
+  default-language:    Haskell2010
+  ghc-options: -Wall
+
diff --git a/src/Web/Moonshine.hs b/src/Web/Moonshine.hs
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+{-# LANGUAGE DeriveGeneric, OverloadedStrings, NamedFieldPuns #-}
+module Web.Moonshine (
+  Moonshine, LoggingConfig(..), runMoonshine, route, makeTimer,
+  timerAdd, Timer, getUserConfig, timed, liftSnap, liftIO, badRequest,
+  requiredParam, requiredUtf8Param, writeJSON, setBanner, readJSON,
+  created, noContent, methodNotAllowed, assertMethod, timedIO,
+  makeGauge, gaugeInc, gaugeDec, gaugeSet, gaugeAdd, gaugeSubtract,
+  Gauge, notFound, setServerVersion, ResponseEntity(..), writeEntity,
+  getMethod, conflict, ContentType, RequestEntity(..), DecodeResult(..),
+  readEntity, unsupportedMediaType, exactPath
+) where
+
+import Canteven.Config (canteven)
+import Control.Applicative (Applicative(pure, (<*>)), (<|>))
+import Control.Monad (ap, liftM)
+import Control.Monad.IO.Class (MonadIO(liftIO))
+import Data.Aeson (Value(String, Object), (.:?), (.!=), ToJSON, encode,
+  eitherDecode, (.:), (.!=))
+import Data.ByteString (ByteString)
+import Data.ByteString.Lazy (toStrict)
+import Data.Int (Int64)
+import Data.List (intercalate)
+import Data.Maybe (fromMaybe)
+import Data.Monoid (mempty, mconcat)
+import Data.Text (Text)
+import Data.Text.Encoding (decodeUtf8, encodeUtf8)
+import Data.Time.Clock (getCurrentTime, diffUTCTime)
+import Data.Version (Version, showVersion)
+import Data.Yaml (FromJSON(parseJSON))
+import GHC.Generics (Generic)
+import Snap (Snap, httpServe, setPort, Config, setSSLCert, setSSLKey,
+  setSSLPort, getParam, writeBS, setResponseCode, getResponse,
+  finishWith, modifyResponse, setHeader, setAccessLog, setErrorLog,
+  ConfigLog(ConfigIoLog), readRequestBody, Method(Method), getsRequest,
+  rqMethod, getHeader, rqPathInfo, pass)
+import System.Environment (setEnv, lookupEnv)
+import System.Log (Priority(INFO))
+import System.Log.Logger (infoM, errorM)
+import System.Metrics (registerGcMetrics)
+import System.Metrics.Distribution (Distribution)
+import System.Remote.Monitoring (Server, forkServerWith)
+import qualified Data.ByteString.Lazy as L (ByteString)
+import qualified Data.Text as T
+import qualified Snap (route)
+import qualified System.Log.Logger as L (debugM, warningM)
+import qualified System.Metrics as EkgMetrics
+import qualified System.Metrics.Distribution as D (add)
+import qualified System.Metrics.Gauge as G (inc, Gauge, dec, set, add, subtract)
+
+-- Public Types ---------------------------------------------------------------
+-- Semi-Public Types ----------------------------------------------------------
+
+{- |
+  The moonshine monad.
+-}
+data Moonshine a =
+  Moonshine (State -> IO (State , a))
+
+instance Monad Moonshine where
+  return a = Moonshine (\state -> return (state, a))
+  (Moonshine m) >>= fun = Moonshine $ \state -> do
+    (newState, val) <- m state
+    let Moonshine m2 = fun val
+    m2 newState
+
+instance Applicative Moonshine where
+  pure = return
+  (<*>) = ap
+
+instance Functor Moonshine where
+  fmap = liftM
+
+instance MonadIO Moonshine where
+  liftIO io = Moonshine (\state -> do
+      val <- io
+      return (state, val)
+    )
+
+
+{- |
+  The Timer type.
+-}
+newtype Timer = T Distribution
+
+{- |
+  The Gauge type.
+-}
+newtype Gauge = G {unGauge :: G.Gauge}
+
+
+{- |
+  Logging configuration that Moonshine should use to initialize logging.
+
+  This type is an instance of FromJSON, so you can easily use it in your
+  configuration as:
+
+  @
+  data MyConfig = MyConfig {
+    logging :: LoggingConfig
+  } deriving (Generic)
+  instance FromJSON MyConfig
+  @
+-}
+data LoggingConfig =
+  LoggingConfig {
+    level :: LogPriority,
+    logfile :: Maybe FilePath,
+    loggers :: [LoggerDetails]
+  }
+
+instance FromJSON LoggingConfig where
+  parseJSON (Object logging) = do
+    level <- logging .:? "level" .!= LP INFO
+    logfile <- logging .:? "logfile"
+    loggers <- logging .:? "loggers" .!= []
+    return LoggingConfig {level, logfile, loggers}
+  parseJSON value =
+    fail $ "Couldn't parse logging config from value " ++ show value
+
+
+{- |
+  A way to set more fined-grained configuration for specific loggers.
+-}
+data LoggerDetails =
+  LoggerDetails {
+    loggerName :: String,
+    loggerLevel :: LogPriority
+  }
+
+instance FromJSON LoggerDetails where
+  parseJSON (Object details) = do
+    loggerName <- details .: "logger"
+    loggerLevel <- details .: "level"
+    return LoggerDetails {loggerName, loggerLevel}
+  parseJSON value =
+    fail $ "Couldn't parse logger details from value " ++ show value
+
+
+data ServerConfig =
+  ServerConfig {
+    applicationConnector :: [ConnectorConfig]
+    -- | Configuration for EKG.  Note that although this is a list,
+    --   at present EKG makes it impossible to support more than one
+    --   server. See https://github.com/tibbe/ekg/issues/32.
+  , adminConnector :: [ConnectorConfig]
+  } deriving (Generic)
+
+instance FromJSON ServerConfig
+
+
+data ConnectorConfig = ConnectorConfig {
+    scheme :: Scheme
+  , port :: Int
+  , cert :: Maybe FilePath
+  , key :: Maybe FilePath
+  } deriving (Generic)
+
+instance FromJSON ConnectorConfig
+
+
+data Scheme = HTTP | HTTPS
+  deriving (Generic)
+
+instance FromJSON Scheme
+
+
+{- |
+  A wrapper for Priority, so we can avoid orphan instances
+-}
+newtype LogPriority = LP Priority
+
+instance FromJSON LogPriority where
+  parseJSON (String s) = case reads (T.unpack s) of
+    [(priority, "")] -> return (LP priority)
+    _ -> fail $ "couldn't parse Priority from string " ++ show s
+  parseJSON value = fail $ "Couldn't parse Priority from value " ++ show value
+
+
+-- Public Functions -----------------------------------------------------------
+
+{- |
+  Execute an insance of the Moonshine monad. This starts up a server
+  and never returns.
+-}
+runMoonshine :: Moonshine a -> IO a
+runMoonshine (Moonshine m) = do
+  printBanner
+  MoonshineConfig {mcServerConfig} <- canteven
+  metricsStore <- EkgMetrics.newStore
+  (State {snap}, val) <- m State {
+      snap = return (),
+      metricsStore
+    }
+  let snap2 = snap <|> notFound
+  startServer mcServerConfig metricsStore snap2
+  return val
+
+data MoonshineConfig =
+  MoonshineConfig {
+    mcServerConfig :: ServerConfig
+  }
+instance FromJSON MoonshineConfig where
+  parseJSON v =
+    case v of
+      Object topLevel ->  do
+        mcServerConfig <- topLevel .:? "server" .!= defaultServerConfig
+        return MoonshineConfig {mcServerConfig}
+      _ -> 
+        fail $ "Couldn't parse system config from value: " ++ show v
+
+
+{- |
+  Returns the user config.
+-}
+getUserConfig :: (MonadIO io, FromJSON config) => io config
+getUserConfig = liftIO canteven
+
+
+{- |
+  Like `Snap.route`, but that automatically sets up metrics for the
+  specified routes.
+-}
+route :: [(ByteString, Moonshine ())] -> Moonshine ()
+route routes = Moonshine $ \state@State {snap, metricsStore} -> do
+  snapRoutes <- mapM (getUnboundSnapRoute state) routes
+  monitoredRoutes <- mapM (monitorRoute metricsStore) snapRoutes
+  return (state {snap = snap >> Snap.route monitoredRoutes}, ())
+  where
+    getUnboundSnapRoute state (path, Moonshine m) = do
+      (State {snap}, ()) <- m state {snap = return ()}
+      return (path, snap)
+
+    monitorRoute
+      :: EkgMetrics.Store
+      -> (ByteString, Snap ())
+      -> IO (ByteString, Snap ())
+    monitorRoute metricsStore (path, snap) = do -- IO monad
+      timer <- getDistribution (decodeUtf8 path) metricsStore
+      return (path, timedSnap timer snap)
+
+
+{- |
+  Lifts a snap action into a moonshine action.
+-}
+liftSnap :: Snap () -> Moonshine ()
+liftSnap s = Moonshine (\state@State {snap} ->
+    return (state {snap = snap >> s}, ())
+  )
+
+
+{- |
+  Wrap a `Moonshine` in a timer, so that timing data for invocations
+  will be logged to the metrics handler.
+-}
+timed
+  :: T.Text
+    -- ^ The name of the timer.
+  -> Moonshine a
+    -- ^ The action to be wrapped.
+  -> Moonshine a
+timed name (Moonshine m) = Moonshine $ \state@State {snap, metricsStore} -> do
+  timer <- getDistribution name metricsStore
+  m state {snap = timedSnap timer snap}
+
+
+{- |
+  Make a new timer with the given name.
+-}
+makeTimer :: T.Text -> Moonshine Timer
+makeTimer name = Moonshine (\state@State {metricsStore} -> do
+    dist <- getDistribution name metricsStore
+    return (state, T dist)
+  )
+
+
+{- |
+  Add a time to a timer.
+-}
+timerAdd :: (Real time, MonadIO io) => Timer -> time -> io ()
+timerAdd (T timer) = liftIO . D.add timer . fromRational . toRational
+
+
+{- |
+  Time how long it takes to perform some kind of IO. This function is
+  compatible with any `MonadIO`.
+-}
+timedIO :: (MonadIO io) => Timer -> io a -> io a
+timedIO timer io = do
+  start <- liftIO getCurrentTime
+  result <- io
+  end <- liftIO getCurrentTime
+  timerAdd timer (diffUTCTime end start)
+  return result
+
+
+{- |
+  Look up a parameter, and if it doesn't exist, then cause a 400
+  BadRequest to be returned to the user
+-}
+requiredParam :: ByteString -> Snap ByteString
+requiredParam name = do
+  param <- getParam name
+  case param of
+    Nothing -> badRequest ("missing parameter: " ++ d name)
+    Just value -> return value
+
+
+{- |
+  Look up a parameter, and decode it using utf8. If the parameter doesn't
+  exist, then cause a 400 BadReqeust to be returned to the user.
+-}
+requiredUtf8Param :: ByteString -> Snap Text
+requiredUtf8Param = fmap decodeUtf8 . requiredParam
+
+
+{- |
+  Using this will short-circuit the snap monad (in much the same way as
+  `fail` does for all monads), but instead the regular meaning of "fail"
+  in the snap monad (which allows the framework to choose some other
+  path), this short-circuit causes a 400 Bad Request to be returned no
+  matter what.
+-}
+badRequest :: String -> Snap a
+badRequest reason = do -- snap monad
+  writeBS (encodeUtf8 (T.pack (reason ++ "\n")))
+  response <- fmap (setResponseCode 400) getResponse
+  finishWith response
+
+
+{- |
+  Return a @201 Created@ response.
+-}
+created :: Snap ()
+created = modifyResponse (setResponseCode 201)
+
+
+{- |
+  Return a @204 No Content@ response.
+-}
+noContent :: Snap ()
+noContent = modifyResponse (setResponseCode 204)
+
+
+{- |
+  Short circuit with a @404 Not Found@.
+-}
+notFound :: Snap a 
+notFound = do
+  response <- fmap (setResponseCode 404) getResponse
+  finishWith response
+
+
+{- |
+  Set the reponse code to @409 Conflict@.
+-}
+conflict :: Snap ()
+conflict = modifyResponse (setResponseCode 409)
+
+
+
+{- |
+  Short circuit with a 405 Method Not Allowed. Also, set the Allow header
+  with the allowed methods.
+-}
+methodNotAllowed :: [Method] -> Snap a
+methodNotAllowed allowedMethods = do
+  response <- fmap (withAllow . setResponseCode 405) getResponse
+  finishWith response
+  where
+    withAllow = (
+        setHeader "Allow"
+        . encodeUtf8
+        . T.pack
+        . intercalate ", "
+        . map showMethod
+      ) allowedMethods
+
+
+{- |
+  Asserts that the request was made using a particular HTTP request method. If
+  the assertion fails, then the request will result in a 405 Method Not
+  Allowed.
+-}
+assertMethod :: Method -> Snap a -> Snap a
+assertMethod allowedMethod snap = do
+  requestMethod <- getsRequest rqMethod
+  if requestMethod == allowedMethod
+    then snap
+    else methodNotAllowed [allowedMethod]
+
+
+{- |
+  Write a `ToJSON` instance to the entity body, setting the @Content-Type@
+  header to @application/json@.
+-}
+writeJSON :: (ToJSON json) => json -> Snap ()
+writeJSON j = do
+  modifyResponse (setHeader "Content-Type" "application/json")
+  writeBS . toStrict . encode $ j
+
+
+{- |
+  A more powerful version of writeJSON. This function writes generic
+  `ResponseEntity`s, and sets the right content type for them.
+-}
+writeEntity :: (ResponseEntity e) => e -> Snap()
+writeEntity e = do
+  modifyResponse (setHeader "Content-Type" (getContentType e))
+  writeBS . getBytes $ e
+
+
+{- |
+  ContentType is an alias for ByteString
+-}
+type ContentType = ByteString
+
+
+{- |
+  The class of things that can be used as http response entities.
+-}
+class ResponseEntity e where
+  {- |
+    The content type of the respone entity.
+  -}
+  getContentType :: e -> ContentType
+
+  {- |
+    The bytes associated with the response entity.
+  -}
+  getBytes :: e -> ByteString
+
+
+{- |
+  The class of things that can be read as request entitys.
+-}
+class RequestEntity e where
+  {- |
+    Decode the entity, according to the specified content type.
+  -}
+  decodeEntity :: Maybe ContentType -> L.ByteString -> DecodeResult e
+
+
+{- |
+  The result of trying to decode a request entity.
+-}
+data DecodeResult e
+  = Unsupported
+    -- ^ Signifies an unsupported content type.
+  | BadEntity String
+    -- ^ Signifies that the request entity is invalid, and provides some
+    --   kind of reason why.
+  | Ok e
+    -- ^ Successfully decoded the entity.
+
+
+{- |
+  Reads and decodes a request entity, returning the appropriate error
+  responses if the entity can't be decoded: @415 Unsupported Media Type@ if the
+  content type is not supported, or @400 Bad Request@ if the content type is
+  supported, but the entity can't be decoded.
+-}
+readEntity :: (RequestEntity e) => Int64 -> Snap e
+readEntity maxSize = do
+  body <- readRequestBody maxSize
+  contentType <- getRequestContentType
+  case decodeEntity contentType body of
+    Unsupported -> do
+      logUnsupported contentType
+      unsupportedMediaType
+    BadEntity reason -> do
+      logBadEntity contentType reason
+      badRequest reason
+    Ok e -> return e
+  where
+    getRequestContentType = getsRequest (getHeader "content-type")
+    logBadEntity contentType reason = warningM (
+        "readEntity of " ++ show contentType ++
+        " failed because of: " ++ show reason
+      )
+    logUnsupported contentType = warningM (
+        "readEntity failed because " ++ show contentType ++
+        " is not supported."
+      )
+
+
+{- |
+  Short circuit with a 415 response.
+-}
+unsupportedMediaType :: Snap a
+unsupportedMediaType = finishWith . setResponseCode 415 =<< getResponse
+
+
+{- |
+  Read a `FromJSON` from the request entity, causing a 400 bad request on
+  a parsing error. The first argument specifies the maximum size we are
+  willing to read. This method delegates to `Snap.Core.readRequestBody`,
+  so an exception will be thrown in the case where the maximum size
+  is exceeded.
+-}
+readJSON :: (FromJSON json) => Int64 -> Snap json
+readJSON maxSize = do
+  body <- readRequestBody maxSize
+  case eitherDecode body of
+    Left err -> do
+      logReason body err 
+      badRequest err
+    Right json -> return json
+  where
+    logReason body err = warningM (
+        "readJSON failed because of " ++ show err ++ " on " ++ show body
+      )
+
+
+{- |
+  Sets the banner that moonshine should display on startup.
+-}
+setBanner :: String -> IO ()
+setBanner = setEnv bannerEnvName
+
+
+{- |
+  Add one to a gauge value.
+-}
+gaugeInc :: (MonadIO io) => Gauge -> io ()
+gaugeInc = liftIO . G.inc . unGauge
+
+
+{- |
+  Subtract one from a gauge value.
+-}
+gaugeDec :: (MonadIO io) => Gauge -> io ()
+gaugeDec = liftIO . G.dec . unGauge
+
+
+{- |
+  Set the gauge the a specific value one from a gauge value.
+-}
+gaugeSet :: (MonadIO io) => Gauge -> Int64 -> io ()
+gaugeSet (G gauge) = liftIO . G.set gauge
+
+
+{- |
+  Subtrace a value from a gauge.
+-}
+gaugeSubtract :: (MonadIO io) => Gauge -> Int64 -> io ()
+gaugeSubtract (G gauge) = liftIO . G.subtract gauge
+
+
+{- |
+  Add a value to a gauge.
+-}
+gaugeAdd :: (MonadIO io) => Gauge -> Int64 -> io ()
+gaugeAdd (G gauge) = liftIO . G.add gauge
+
+
+{- |
+  Create a new gauge with the given name.
+-}
+makeGauge :: T.Text -> Moonshine Gauge
+makeGauge name = Moonshine (\state@State {metricsStore} -> do
+    gauge <- EkgMetrics.createGauge name metricsStore
+    return (state, G gauge)
+  )
+
+
+{- |
+  Shorthand Snap action for retrieving the request method.
+-}
+getMethod :: Snap Method
+getMethod = getsRequest rqMethod
+
+
+{- |
+  Utility method that sets the @Server:@ header to something sensible.
+-}
+setServerVersion
+  :: String
+    -- ^ @name@ - The name of your server.
+  -> Version
+    -- ^ @version@ - The version of your server.
+  -> Moonshine ()
+setServerVersion name =
+  liftSnap 
+  . modifyResponse
+  . setHeader "Server"
+  . encodeUtf8
+  . T.pack
+  . ((name ++ "/") ++)
+  . showVersion
+
+
+-- Private Types --------------------------------------------------------------
+
+{- |
+  Defines all the "system" config, where "system" means everything that
+  Moonshine knows about.
+-}
+data SystemConfig =
+  SystemConfig {
+    logging :: Maybe LoggingConfig
+  , server :: Maybe ServerConfig
+  }
+
+instance FromJSON SystemConfig where
+  parseJSON (Object topLevel) = do
+    logging <- topLevel .:? "logging"
+    server <- topLevel .:? "server"
+    return SystemConfig {logging, server}
+  parseJSON value =
+    fail $ "Couldn't parse system config from value " ++ show value
+
+{- |
+  Defines command line options.
+-}
+data Opt = Help
+         | Config String
+         deriving Show
+
+{- |
+  The internal running state used while executing the `Moonshine` monad.
+-}
+data State =
+  State {
+    snap :: Snap (),
+    metricsStore :: EkgMetrics.Store
+  }
+
+
+-- Private Functions ----------------------------------------------------------
+
+defaultServerConfig :: ServerConfig
+defaultServerConfig = ServerConfig {
+    adminConnector =
+      [ConnectorConfig {scheme=HTTP, port=8001, cert=Nothing, key=Nothing}]
+  , applicationConnector =
+      [ConnectorConfig {scheme=HTTP, port=8000, cert=Nothing, key=Nothing}]
+  }
+
+
+{- |
+  Find and output a banner.
+-}
+printBanner :: IO ()
+printBanner = do
+  banner <- lookupEnv bannerEnvName
+  putStr $ fromMaybe
+    "FIXME: failed to magic setBanner.  son, I am disappoint\n"
+    banner
+
+
+{- |
+  This is the name o the magic banner environment variable.
+-}
+bannerEnvName :: String
+bannerEnvName = "mclovin-banner-magic"
+
+
+{- |
+  A replacement for 'System.Remote.Monitoring.getDistribution' that uses
+  an 'EkgMetrics.Store' instead of a 'Server'.
+-}
+getDistribution :: T.Text -> EkgMetrics.Store -> IO Distribution
+getDistribution = EkgMetrics.createDistribution
+
+
+{- |
+  Start application listening on the ports given by the config.
+-}
+startServer :: ServerConfig -> EkgMetrics.Store -> Snap () -> IO ()
+startServer
+    ServerConfig { applicationConnector, adminConnector }
+    metricsStore
+    snap
+  = do
+  mapM_ startMetricsServer adminConnector
+  httpServe snapConfig snap
+
+  where
+    startMetricsServer :: ConnectorConfig -> IO Server
+    startMetricsServer ConnectorConfig { scheme=HTTP, port } = do
+      registerGcMetrics metricsStore
+      debugM ("Starting up ekg on port: " ++ show port)
+      forkServerWith metricsStore "0.0.0.0" port
+    startMetricsServer ConnectorConfig { scheme=HTTPS } =
+      error "EKG does not support running on HTTPS"
+
+    snapConfig :: Config m a
+    snapConfig = mconcat $
+      map toSnapConfig applicationConnector ++ [
+        setAccessLog (ConfigIoLog (infoM "snap" . toString)) mempty,
+        setErrorLog (ConfigIoLog (errorM "snap" . toString)) mempty
+      ]
+      where toString = T.unpack . decodeUtf8
+        
+    toSnapConfig :: ConnectorConfig -> Config m a
+    toSnapConfig ConnectorConfig { scheme=HTTP, port } = setPort port mempty
+    toSnapConfig ConnectorConfig { scheme=HTTPS, port, cert=mcert, key=mkey } =
+      fromMaybe
+        (error "You must provide cert and key in order to use HTTPS.")
+        $ do -- Maybe monad
+          cert <- mcert
+          key <- mkey
+          return $ setSSLCert cert $ setSSLKey key $ setSSLPort port mempty
+
+
+{- |
+  Add timing information to a snap action.
+-}
+timedSnap :: Distribution -> Snap () -> Snap ()
+timedSnap timer snap = do -- snap monad
+  start <- liftIO getCurrentTime
+  result <- snap
+  end <- liftIO getCurrentTime
+  addTiming start end
+  return result
+  where
+    addTiming start end = liftIO $
+      D.add timer diff
+      where
+        diff = toDouble (diffUTCTime end start)
+        toDouble = fromRational . toRational
+
+
+{- |
+  Make sure that the path info is empty. If it isn't, then fail the snap action
+  using `pass`. This is helpful when using routes to make sure that a route
+  named "/foo" does not match an request uri of "/foo/bar"
+-}
+exactPath :: Snap a -> Snap a
+exactPath s = do
+  pathInfo <- getsRequest rqPathInfo
+  liftIO $ debugM ("PathInfo: " ++ show pathInfo)
+  case pathInfo of
+    "" -> s
+    _ -> pass
+
+
+{- |
+  decode a bytestring to a string, via utf8
+-}
+d :: ByteString -> String
+d = T.unpack . decodeUtf8
+
+
+{- |
+  The default `show` implementation of `Method` isn't good enough,
+  specifically the value `show (Method "FOO")` == `"Method \"Foo\""`, which is
+  unsuitable for use when displaying the actual name of the method in a formal
+  context (read: in the `Allow` header).
+-}
+showMethod :: Method -> String
+showMethod (Method m) = (T.unpack . decodeUtf8) m
+showMethod m = show m
+
+
+{- |
+  Shorthand logging
+-}
+debugM :: String -> IO ()
+debugM = L.debugM "moonshine"
+
+
+{- |
+  Shorthand logging
+-}
+warningM :: (MonadIO io) => String -> io ()
+warningM = liftIO . L.warningM "moonshine"
+
