Is there interest in a std.http?

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Before you spend too much time :
https://github.com/rejectedsoftware/vibe.d/tree/master/source/vibe/http



On Monday, 19 November 2012 at 20:38:56 UTC, Tyler Jameson Little 
wrote:
> I'd like to see an HTTP module in Phobos, but I wanted to gauge 
> interest first and see if this has been discussed before.
>
> An example of how I would like to interface with it (for 
> creating a server):
>
>     interface HTTPHandler {
>         void serveHTTP(Request, Response);
>     }
>
>     class CustomHandler : HTTPHandler {
>         ....
>         void serveHTTP(Request req, Response res) {
>         }
>     }
>
>     auto handler = new CustomHandler(); // implements 
> http.Handler
>     auto server = new HttpServer(handler);
>     server.listen("0.0.0.0", 80);
>
> As long as serveHttp() is thread safe, the http server could be 
> concurrent or evented (with libev or similar) and the custom 
> handler code wouldn't have to change.
>
> I'm willing to put in the lion's share of the work (I've 
> already written a bunch of it), but I'd naturally like to get 
> some community input so I don't go in a completely wrong 
> direction. I'm thinking of emulating Go's http library 
> (http://golang.org/pkg/net/http), but of course D style.
>
> I think the following are necessary:
>
> * Access to underlying TcpSocket (for protocol upgrades, like 
> WebSocket)
> * HTTP body is a stream
> * Simple HTTP requests
> * Errors can be recovered from (allow user-defined error 
> handlers):
> * User settable size limits
>   * Size of request line (1024 bytes by default)
>   * Size of each header (1024 bytes by default)
>   * Total size of header block (4096 bytes by default)
>
> So, basically I'm looking for two things:
>
> 1. Interest level: willing to writ code, willing to test, want 
> to use
> 2. Suggestions for the API/behavior