Introduction
This section provides an overview of Chalpak.
Welcome to Chalpak!
Chalpak is a modern, high-performance web framework for building APIs and web applications with Python 3.7+. Inspired by FastAPI and built on top of Starlette and Aiohttp, Chalpak offers a powerful yet intuitive developer experience, and excellent performance.
Open Source Philosophy
Chalpak is proudly open-source! 🎉 We believe in creating an accessible, collaborative platform that thrives on community contributions.
Contribute:
Interested in helping us improve? Check out our GitHub repository to get started! From feature suggestions to bug fixes, all contributions are welcome.
Project Overview
Chalpak aims to be a lightweight, flexible, and easy-to-learn alternative to existing Python web frameworks. It leverages modern Python features like type hints and async/await to make your code more readable, maintainable, and efficient.
Key Goals:
- Fast to Code: Increase development speed with an intuitive API and minimal boilerplate.
- Fast to Run: Deliver high performance thanks to Starlette and asynchronous programming.
- Automatic API Docs: Generate interactive API documentation (OpenAPI/Swagger and ReDoc) automatically from your code.
- Data Validation: Use Pydantic for robust data validation and serialization.
- Easy to Learn: Designed with simplicity and a gentle learning curve in mind.
- Extensible: Support for plugins and middleware to customize and enhance functionality.
Key Features
| Feature | Description |
|---|---|
| FastAPI-like API | Similar developer experience to FastAPI, making it easy to transition or learn if you're familiar with FastAPI. |
| Asynchronous Support | Leverage async and await for non-blocking, concurrent request handling. |
| Type Hinting | Use Python type hints for improved code readability, maintainability, and automatic data validation. |
| Pydantic Integration | Define data models and perform data validation using Pydantic. |
| Automatic API Docs | Generate interactive API documentation (OpenAPI/Swagger and ReDoc) from your code and type hints. |
| Dependency Injection | Powerful and easy-to-use dependency injection system. |
| Middleware Support | Add custom middleware to modify requests and responses. |
| Testing Utilities | Built-in testing utilities to simplify writing tests for your application. |
| Built on Starlette | Benefit from the performance and features of the Starlette ASGI toolkit. |
Install and try now
pip install chalpak