JoeLegg
Hi,
I am trying to create REST API backend for my single-page-application but I am currently stuck on choosing a library to use. Phoenix seems a bit overkill for a simple REST API. Can anyone recommend a good lightweight library?
Cheers,
Joe
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hauleth
Well, Phoenix is (almost) “just” set of macros that generate plugs.
JoeLegg
Thanks for the replys. I did not know about the
--no-htmlflag. Plug seems to be closest to what I am after.lpil
I’ve had success with Plug, as well as just Elli or Cowboy.
Elli is probably the simplest and easiest, Plug is the most well documented.
NobbZ
What exactly is it you consider overkill?
It is quite lightweight already, and if you use
--no-htmlon project generation HTML related dependencies aren’t even pulled in.