Snap Framework HTTP Server Library
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This is the Snap Framework HTTP Server library. For more information about
Snap, read the `README.SNAP.md` or visit the Snap project website at
http://www.snapframework.com/.
The Snap HTTP server is a high performance web server library written in
Haskell. Together with the `snap-core` library upon which it depends, it
provides a clean and efficient Haskell programming interface to the HTTP
protocol.
Building snap-server
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## Dependencies
To build the Snap HTTP server, you need to `cabal install` the `snap-core`
library (which should have come with this package).
### Optional dependencies
If you would like SSL support, `snap-server` requires the
[openssl](http://www.openssl.org/) library.
## Building snap-server
The snap-server library is built using [Cabal](http://www.haskell.org/cabal/)
and [Hackage](http://hackage.haskell.org/packages/hackage.html). Just run
cabal install
to install snap-server.
If you would like SSL support, pass the `openssl` flag to `cabal install`:
cabal install -fopenssl
## Building the Haddock Documentation
The haddock documentation can be built using the supplied `haddock.sh` shell
script:
./haddock.sh
The docs get put in `dist/doc/html/`.
## Building the testsuite
The `snap-server` has a fairly comprehensive test suite. To build and run it,
`cd` into the `test/` directory and run
$ cabal configure # for the stock backend, or..
$ cabal configure -fopenssl # for the SSL backend
$ cabal build
From here you can invoke the testsuite by running:
$ ./runTestsAndCoverage.sh
The testsuite generates an `hpc` test coverage report in `test/dist/hpc`.