libapi-base

Base objects for API libraries written in Vala.

Description

libapi-base provides a set of base classes and utilities for building API libraries in Vala. It includes:

• DataObject: Base class for JSON serialization/deserialization
• Jsoner: Advanced JSON handling with case conversion support
• SoupWrapper: HTTP client wrapper for libsoup-3.0
• Utils: Utility functions for string manipulation and data conversion

Requirements

• Vala compiler (>= 0.56)
• GLib (>= 2.76)
• libsoup-3.0
• json-glib-1.0
• gee-0.8

Building

meson setup _build
ninja -C _build

Testing

ninja -C _build test

Debug

There is env vars that can be useed:

• API_BASE_SOUP_TRACE_FILENAME: Filename in which will be printed soupe trace. Can be used with stdout to print in stdout
• SERIALIZE_UNKNOWN_PROPS: Print warnings if json object has field but lang object doesn't
• SERIALIZE_UNKNOWN_FIELDS: Print warnings if lang object has field but json object doesn't

Documentation

Documentation here

License

GPL-3.0-or-later