Introduction

Ecewo is a modern and developer-friendly backend framework for C that handles the complexities of C programming and lets you build backends with ease — inspired by the simplicity of Express.js.

Table of Contents

1. Getting Started
   • 1.1 Requirements
   • 1.2 Installation
   • 1.3 Start Server
     • 1.3.1 Write The Entry Point
     • 1.3.2 Build And Run The Server
2. Route Handling
   • 2.1 Handlers
   • 2.2 Declaring Routes
   • 2.3 Notes
3. Handling Requests
   • 3.1 Request Body
   • 3.2 Request Params
   • 3.3 Request Query
   • 3.4 Request Headers
4. Using JSON
   • 4.1 Creating JSON
   • 4.2 Parsing JSON
5. Using A Database
   • 5.1 Install SQLite
   • 5.2 Example Folder Structure
   • 5.3 Change The Makefile
   • 5.4 Connecting To Database
   • 5.5 Example Usage
     • 5.5.1 Inserting Data
     • 5.5.2 Querying Data
6. Authentication
   • 6.1 Login
   • 6.2 Logout
   • 6.3 Getting session data
   • 6.4 Protected Routes
   • 6.5 Notes
7. Middleware
   • 7.1 Route Specific Middleware
   • 7.2 Global Middleware
8. Environment Variables
9. Async Operations
   • 9.1 The Async Logic
   • 9.2 Example Usage
     • 9.2.1 Step 1: Create A Context Structure
     • 9.2.2 Step 2: Create An Entry Point
     • 9.2.3 Step 3: Write The First Operation
     • 9.2.4 Step 4: Write The Second Operation
     • 9.2.5 Step 5: Write The free_async() Function
     • 9.2.6 Final View
     • 9.2.7 Test