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Classes
Application
BCryptDigest
- Initializers
- init()
- Instance Methods
- func hash(String, cost: Int) throws -> String
- func hash(String, salt: String) throws -> String
- func verify(String, created: String) throws -> Bool
BootCommand
- Structures
- BootCommand.Signature
  - Initializers
  - init()
- Initializers
- init()
- Instance Properties
- var help: String
- Instance Methods
- func run(using: CommandContext, signature: BootCommand.Signature) async throws
CORSMiddleware
EndpointCache
- Initializers
- init(uri: URI)
- Instance Methods
- func get(on: Request, logger: Logger?) -> EventLoopFuture<T>
- func get(using: any Client, logger: Logger?, on: any EventLoop) -> EventLoopFuture<T>
ErrorMiddleware
- Initializers
- init((Request, any Error) -> Response)
- Instance Methods
- func respond(to: Request, chainingTo: any Responder) -> EventLoopFuture<Response>
- Type Methods
- static func `default`(environment: Environment) -> ErrorMiddleware
FileMiddleware
HTTPServer
Request
Response
Route
- Initializers
- init(method: HTTPMethod, path: [PathComponent], responder: any Responder, requestType: any Any.Type, responseType: any Any.Type)
- Instance Properties
- var description: String
- var method: HTTPMethod
- var path: [PathComponent]
- var requestType: any Any.Type
- var responder: any Responder
- var responseType: any Any.Type
- var userInfo: [AnySendableHashable : any Sendable]
- Instance Methods
- func description(String) -> Route
RouteLoggingMiddleware
- Initializers
- init(logLevel: Logger.Level)
- Instance Properties
- let logLevel: Logger.Level
- Instance Methods
- func respond(to: Request, chainingTo: any Responder) -> EventLoopFuture<Response>
Routes
- Initializers
- init()
- Instance Properties
- var all: [Route]
- var caseInsensitive: Bool
- var caseInsenstive: Bool
- var defaultMaxBodySize: ByteCount
- var description: String
- Instance Methods
- func add(Route)
RoutesCommand
- Structures
- RoutesCommand.Signature
  - Initializers
  - init()
- Instance Properties
- var help: String
- Instance Methods
- func run(using: CommandContext, signature: RoutesCommand.Signature) async throws
ServeCommand
- Structures
- ServeCommand.Signature
  - Initializers
  - init()
- Instance Properties
- var help: String
- let signature: ServeCommand.Signature
- Instance Methods
- func run(using: CommandContext, signature: ServeCommand.Signature) async throws
- Enumerations
- ServeCommand.Error
  - Enumeration Cases
  - case incompatibleFlags
Session
- Initializers
- init(id: SessionID?, data: SessionData)
- Instance Properties
- var data: SessionData
- var id: SessionID?
- Instance Methods
- func authenticate<A>(A)
- func authenticated<A>(A.Type) -> A.SessionID?
- func destroy()
- func unauthenticate<A>(A.Type)
SessionsMiddleware
- Initializers
- init(session: any SessionDriver, configuration: SessionsConfiguration)
- Instance Properties
- let session: any SessionDriver
- Instance Methods
- func respond(to: Request, chainingTo: any Responder) -> EventLoopFuture<Response>
TracingMiddleware
- Initializers
- init()
- init(setCustomAttributes: (inout SpanAttributes, Request) -> Void)
- Instance Methods
- func respond(to: Request, chainingTo: any AsyncResponder) async throws -> Response
Protocols
AbortError
AnyOptionalType
AsyncAuthenticator
AsyncBasicAuthenticator
- Instance Methods
- func authenticate(basic: BasicAuthorization, for: Request) async throws
AsyncBearerAuthenticator
- Instance Methods
- func authenticate(bearer: BearerAuthorization, for: Request) async throws
AsyncBodyStreamWriter
AsyncCredentialsAuthenticator
- Associated Types
- Credentials
- Instance Methods
- func authenticate(credentials: Self.Credentials, for: Request) async throws
AsyncMiddleware
- Instance Methods
- func respond(to: Request, chainingTo: any AsyncResponder) async throws -> Response
  - AsyncMiddleware Implementations
AsyncRequestAuthenticator
- Instance Methods
- func authenticate(request: Request) async throws
  - AsyncRequestAuthenticator Implementations
AsyncRequestDecodable
- Type Methods
- static func decodeRequest(Request) async throws -> Self
  - AsyncRequestDecodable Implementations
    - static func decodeRequest(Request) async throws -> Self
    - static func decodeRequest(Request) -> EventLoopFuture<Self>
AsyncResponder
- Instance Methods
- func respond(to: Request) async throws -> Response
  - AsyncResponder Implementations
    - func respond(to: Request) -> EventLoopFuture<Response>
AsyncResponseEncodable
AsyncSessionAuthenticator
- Associated Types
- User
- Instance Methods
- func authenticate(sessionID: Self.User.SessionID, for: Request) async throws
AsyncSessionDriver
Authenticatable
Authenticator
BasicAuthenticator
- Instance Methods
- func authenticate(basic: BasicAuthorization, for: Request) -> EventLoopFuture<Void>
BearerAuthenticator
- Instance Methods
- func authenticate(bearer: BearerAuthorization, for: Request) -> EventLoopFuture<Void>
BodyStreamWriter
- Instance Properties
- var eventLoop: any EventLoop
- Instance Methods
- func write(BodyStreamResult) -> EventLoopFuture<Void>
- func write(BodyStreamResult, promise: EventLoopPromise<Void>?)
Cache
Client
CodingKeyRepresentable
- Instance Properties
- var codingKey: any CodingKey
Content
ContentContainer
- Instance Properties
- var contentType: HTTPMediaType?
- Instance Methods
- func decode(_:)
- func decode<D>(D.Type, as: HTTPMediaType) throws -> D
- func decode<D>(D.Type, using: any ContentDecoder) throws -> D
- func encode(_:)
- func encode(_:as:)
- func encode<E>(E, using: any ContentEncoder) throws
- func get(_:at:)
- Subscripts
- subscript<D>(any CodingKeyRepresentable...) -> D?
- subscript(_:at:)
ContentDecoder
ContentEncoder
CredentialsAuthenticator
- Associated Types
- Credentials
- Instance Methods
- func authenticate(credentials: Self.Credentials, for: Request) -> EventLoopFuture<Void>
DebuggableError
Extendable
- Instance Properties
- var extend: Extend
LifecycleHandler
LockKey
Middleware
OptionalType
- Associated Types
- WrappedType
- Instance Properties
- var wrapped: Self.WrappedType?
- Type Methods
- static func makeOptionalType(Self.WrappedType?) -> Self
PasswordHasher
RequestAuthenticator
- Instance Methods
- func authenticate(request: Request) -> EventLoopFuture<Void>
  - RequestAuthenticator Implementations
RequestDecodable
- Type Methods
- static func decodeRequest(Request) -> EventLoopFuture<Self>
  - AsyncRequestDecodable Implementations
    - static func decodeRequest(Request) async throws -> Self
    - static func decodeRequest(Request) -> EventLoopFuture<Self>
Responder
- Instance Methods
- func respond(to: Request) -> EventLoopFuture<Response>
  - AsyncResponder Implementations
    - func respond(to: Request) -> EventLoopFuture<Response>
ResponseEncodable
RouteCollection
- Instance Methods
- func boot(routes: any RoutesBuilder) throws
RoutesBuilder
Server
SessionAuthenticatable
- Associated Types
- SessionID
- Instance Properties
- var sessionID: Self.SessionID
SessionAuthenticator
- Associated Types
- User
- Instance Methods
- func authenticate(sessionID: Self.User.SessionID, for: Request) -> EventLoopFuture<Void>
SessionDriver
StorageKey
- Associated Types
- Value
URLQueryContainer
- Instance Methods
- func decode(_:)
- func decode<D>(D.Type, using: any URLQueryDecoder) throws -> D
- func encode(_:)
- func encode<E>(E, using: any URLQueryEncoder) throws
- func get(_:at:)
- Subscripts
- subscript<D>(any CodingKeyRepresentable...) -> D?
- subscript(_:at:)
URLQueryDecoder
URLQueryEncoder
Upgrader
- Instance Methods
- func applyUpgrade(req: Request, res: Response) -> any HTTPServerProtocolUpgrader
Validatable
ValidatorResult
- Instance Properties
- var failureDescription: String?
- var isFailure: Bool
- var successDescription: String?
ViewRenderer
Structures
Abort
AnyAsyncResponse
- Initializers
- init(any AsyncResponseEncodable)
- Instance Methods
- func encodeResponse(for: Request) async throws -> Response
AnyResponse
- Initializers
- init(any ResponseEncodable)
- Instance Methods
- func encodeResponse(for: Request) -> EventLoopFuture<Response>
AsyncBasicResponder
- Initializers
- init(closure: (Request) async throws -> Response)
- Instance Methods
- func respond(to: Request) async throws -> Response
AsyncPasswordHasher
- Initializers
- init(hasher: any PasswordHasher, threadPool: NIOThreadPool, eventLoop: any EventLoop)
- Instance Methods
- func hash(_:)
- func verify(_:created:)
BaseNEncoding
- Instance Properties
- let bits: Int
- Instance Methods
- func decode<C>(C) -> [UInt8]?
- func encode<C>(C) -> [UInt8]
BasicAuthorization
- Initializers
- init(username: String, password: String)
- Instance Properties
- let password: String
- let username: String
BasicResponder
- Initializers
- init(closure: (Request) throws -> EventLoopFuture<Response>)
- Instance Methods
- func respond(to: Request) -> EventLoopFuture<Response>
BearerAuthorization
- Initializers
- init(token: String)
- Instance Properties
- let token: String
ByteCount
ClientRequest
ClientResponse
ContentConfiguration
DecoderUnwrapper
- Initializers
- init(from: any Decoder)
- Instance Properties
- let decoder: any Decoder
DirectoryConfiguration
- Initializers
- init(workingDirectory: String)
- Instance Properties
- var publicDirectory: String
- var resourcesDirectory: String
- var viewsDirectory: String
- var workingDirectory: String
- Type Methods
- static func detect() -> DirectoryConfiguration
DotEnvFile
Environment
ErrorSource
- Initializers
- init(file: String, function: String, line: UInt, column: UInt, range: Range<UInt>?)
- Instance Properties
- var column: UInt
- var file: String
- var function: String
- var line: UInt
- var range: Range<UInt>?
- Type Methods
- static func capture(file: String, function: String, line: UInt, column: UInt, range: Range<UInt>?) -> ErrorSource
Extend
- Initializers
- init()
- init(dictionaryLiteral: (String, Any)...)
- init(from: any Decoder) throws
- Instance Properties
- var storage: [String : Any]
- Instance Methods
- func encode(to: any Encoder) throws
- func get(_:default:)
- func set(_:to:)
- Subscripts
- subscript(String) -> Any?
File
FileIO
HOTP
- Initializers
- init(key: SymmetricKey, digest: OTPDigest, digits: OTPDigits)
- Instance Methods
- func generate(counter: UInt64) -> String
- func generate(counter: UInt64, range: Int) -> [String]
- Type Methods
- static func generate(key: SymmetricKey, digest: OTPDigest, digits: OTPDigits, counter: UInt64) -> String
HTTPCookies
HTTPMediaType
HTTPMediaTypePreference
- Instance Properties
- var mediaType: HTTPMediaType
- var q: Double?
HTTPMediaTypeSet
MemorySessions
Middlewares
- Initializers
- init()
- Instance Methods
- func resolve() -> [any Middleware]
- func use(any Middleware, at: Middlewares.Position)
- Enumerations
- Middlewares.Position
  - Enumeration Cases
  - case beginning
  - case end
PlaintextDecoder
- Initializers
- init()
- Instance Methods
- func decode<D>(D.Type, from: ByteBuffer, headers: HTTPHeaders) throws -> D
- func decode<D>(D.Type, from: ByteBuffer, headers: HTTPHeaders, userInfo: [CodingUserInfoKey : any Sendable]) throws -> D
PlaintextEncoder
PlaintextRenderer
- Initializers
- init(fileio: NonBlockingFileIO, viewsDirectory: String, logger: Logger, eventLoopGroup: any EventLoopGroup)
- Instance Properties
- let eventLoopGroup: any EventLoopGroup
- Instance Methods
- func `for`(Request) -> any ViewRenderer
- func render<E>(String, E) -> EventLoopFuture<View>
Redirect
- Instance Properties
- var status: HTTPStatus
- Type Properties
- static var normal: Redirect
- static var permanent: Redirect
- static var permanentPost: Redirect
- static var temporary: Redirect
ResponseCompressionMiddleware
- Initializers
- init(override: HTTPHeaders.ResponseCompression, force: Bool)
- Instance Properties
- var responseCompressionOverride: HTTPHeaders.ResponseCompression
- var shouldForce: Bool
- Instance Methods
- func respond(to: Request, chainingTo: any AsyncResponder) async throws -> Response
RouteNotFound
SessionData
SessionID
SessionsConfiguration
- Initializers
- init(cookieName: String, cookieFactory: (SessionID) -> HTTPCookies.Value)
- Instance Properties
- var cookieFactory: (SessionID) -> HTTPCookies.Value
- var cookieName: String
- Type Methods
- static func `default`() -> SessionsConfiguration
StackTrace
Storage
TOTP
- Initializers
- init(key: SymmetricKey, digest: OTPDigest, digits: OTPDigits, interval: Int)
- Instance Methods
- func generate(time: Date) -> String
- func generate(time: Date, range: Int) -> [String]
- Type Methods
- static func generate(key: SymmetricKey, digest: OTPDigest, digits: OTPDigits, interval: Int, time: Date) -> String
URI
URLEncodedFormDecoder
URLEncodedFormEncoder
Validation
ValidationResult
Validations
ValidationsError
ValidationsResult
- Instance Properties
- var error: ValidationsError?
- let results: [ValidationResult]
- Instance Methods
- func assert() throws
Validator
ValidatorResults
View
WebSocketMaxFrameSize
- Initializers
- init(integerLiteral: Int)
- Type Properties
- static var `default`: WebSocketMaxFrameSize
WebSocketUpgrader
Variables
var Bcrypt: BCryptDigest
Operators
func ! <T>(Validator<T>) -> Validator<T>
func &&(_:_:)
func + (CharacterSet, CharacterSet) -> CharacterSet
func ?? <T>(EventLoopFuture<T?>, T) -> EventLoopFuture<T>
func ||(_:_:)
Type Aliases
HTTPStatus
ValidationKey
VaporSendableMetatype
Enumerations
Base32
Base64
- Type Properties
- static let bcrypt: BaseNEncoding
- static let canonical: BaseNEncoding
- static let `default`: BaseNEncoding
BasicCodingKey
BcryptError
- Enumeration Cases
- case hashFailure
- case invalidCost
- case invalidHash
- case invalidSalt
- Instance Properties
- var description: String
- var errorDescription: String?
BindAddress
- Enumeration Cases
- case hostname(String?, port: Int?)
- case unixDomainSocket(path: String)
BodyStreamResult
CacheExpirationTime
- Enumeration Cases
- case days(Int)
- case hours(Int)
- case minutes(Int)
- case seconds(Int)
- Instance Properties
- var seconds: Int
EndpointCacheError
- Enumeration Cases
- case contentDecodeFailure(any Error)
- case unexpctedResponseStatus(HTTPStatus, uri: URI)
HTTPBodyStreamStrategy
- Enumeration Cases
- case collect(maxSize: ByteCount?)
- case stream
- Type Properties
- static var collect: HTTPBodyStreamStrategy
HTTPVersionMajor
- Enumeration Cases
- case one
- case two
HelpFormat
- Enumeration Cases
- case long
- case short
OTPDigest
- Enumeration Cases
- case sha1
- case sha256
- case sha512
OTPDigits
- Enumeration Cases
- case eight
- case seven
- case six
- Initializers
- init?(rawValue: Int)
RangeResult
- Enumeration Cases
- case between(min: T, max: T)
- case greaterThanMax(T)
- case greaterThanOrEqualToMin(T)
- case lessThanMin(T)
- case lessThanOrEqualToMax(T)
RedirectType
- Enumeration Cases
- case normal
- case permanent
- case temporary
- Instance Properties
- var status: HTTPStatus
Extended Modules
ConsoleKitCommands
- Extended Structures
- CommandContext
  - Instance Properties
  - var application: Application
Foundation
Logging
MultipartKit
NIOCore
NIOHTTP1
RoutingKit
- Extended Structures
- Parameters
  - Instance Methods
  - func require(String) throws -> String
  - func require<T>(String, as: T.Type) throws -> T
Swift
WebSocketKit
- Extended Classes
- WebSocket

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start()

Start the server with its default configuration, listening over a regular TCP socket.

func start() throws

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An error if the server could not be started.

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