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The Falcon Web Framework

Release v1.2 (Installation)

Falcon is a minimalist WSGI library for building speedy web APIs and app backends. We like to think of Falcon as the Dieter Rams of web frameworks.

When it comes to building HTTP APIs, other frameworks weigh you down with tons of dependencies and unnecessary abstractions. Falcon cuts to the chase with a clean design that embraces HTTP and the REST architectural style.

class CatalogItem(object):

    # ...

    @falcon.before(hooks.to_oid)
    def on_get(self, id):
        return self._collection.find_one(id)

app = falcon.API(after=[hooks.serialize])
app.add_route('/items/{id}', CatalogItem())

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