update user guide

config.toml

@@ -15,5 +15,5 @@ baseURL = "https://actix.rs"
   weight = 1
 
 [params]
-actixVersion = "0.5"
-actixWebVersion = "0.6"
+actixVersion = "0.7"
+actixWebVersion = "0.7"

content/docs/autoreload.md

@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ extern crate listenfd;
 use listenfd::ListenFd;
 use actix_web::{server, App, HttpRequest, Responder};
 
-fn index(_req: HttpRequest) -> impl Responder {
+fn index(_req: &HttpRequest) -> impl Responder {
     "Hello World!"
 }
 

content/docs/databases.md

@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ can access it.
 ```rust
 /// This is state where we will store *DbExecutor* address.
 struct State {
-    db: Addr<Syn, DbExecutor>,
+    db: Addr<DbExecutor>,
 }
 
 fn main() {
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ thus, we receive the message response asynchronously.
 
 ```rust
 /// Async handler
-fn index(req: HttpRequest<State>) -> Box<Future<Item=HttpResponse, Error=Error>> {
+fn index(req: &HttpRequest<State>) -> Box<Future<Item=HttpResponse, Error=Error>> {
     let name = &req.match_info()["name"];
 
     // Send message to `DbExecutor` actor
@@ -129,4 +129,4 @@ fn index(req: HttpRequest<State>) -> Box<Future<Item=HttpResponse, Error=Error>>
 > [examples directory](https://github.com/actix/examples/tree/master/diesel/).
 
 > More information on sync actors can be found in the
-> [actix documentation](https://docs.rs/actix/0.5.0/actix/sync/index.html).
+> [actix documentation](https://docs.rs/actix/0.7.0/actix/sync/index.html).

content/docs/errors.md

@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ converted into an `HttpInternalServerError`:
 ```rust
 use std::io;
 
-fn index(req: HttpRequest) -> io::Result<fs::NamedFile> {
+fn index(req: &HttpRequest) -> io::Result<fs::NamedFile> {
     Ok(fs::NamedFile::open("static/index.html")?)
 }
 ```
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ struct MyError {
 // Use default implementation for `error_response()` method
 impl error::ResponseError for MyError {}
 
-fn index(req: HttpRequest) -> Result<&'static str, MyError> {
+fn index(req: &HttpRequest) -> Result<&'static str, MyError> {
     Err(MyError{name: "test"})
 }
 ```
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ impl error::ResponseError for MyError {
     }
 }
 
-fn index(req: HttpRequest) -> Result<&'static str, MyError> {
+fn index(req: &HttpRequest) -> Result<&'static str, MyError> {
     Err(MyError::BadClientData)
 }
 ```
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ struct MyError {
    name: &'static str
 }
 
-fn index(req: HttpRequest) -> Result<&'static str> {
+fn index(req: &HttpRequest) -> Result<&'static str> {
     let result: Result<&'static str, MyError> = Err(MyError{name: "test"});
 
     Ok(result.map_err(|e| error::ErrorBadRequest(e.name))?)
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ impl error::ResponseError for UserError {
     }
 }
 
-fn index(_req: HttpRequest) -> Result<&'static str, UserError> {
+fn index(_: &HttpRequest) -> Result<&'static str, UserError> {
     fs::NamedFile::open("static/index.html").map_err(|_e| UserError::InternalError)?;
     Ok("success!")
 }

content/docs/extractors.md

@@ -31,9 +31,9 @@ fn index((params, info): (Path<(String, String,)>, Json<MyInfo>)) -> HttpRespons
 
 use actix_web::FromRequest;
 
-fn index(req: HttpRequest) -> HttpResponse {
-	let params = Path::<(String, String)>::extract(&req);
-	let info = Json::<MyInfo>::extract(&req); 
+fn index(req: &HttpRequest) -> HttpResponse {
+	let params = Path::<(String, String)>::extract(req);
+	let info = Json::<MyInfo>::extract(req); 
 
 	...
 }
@@ -55,9 +55,9 @@ impl<S> Handler<S> for MyHandler {
     type Result = HttpResponse;
 
     /// Handle request
-    fn handle(&mut self, req: HttpRequest<S>) -> Self::Result {
-		let params = Path::<(String, String)>::extract(&req);
-		let info = Json::<MyInfo>::extract(&req); 
+    fn handle(&self, req: &HttpRequest<S>) -> Self::Result {
+		let params = Path::<(String, String)>::extract(req);
+		let info = Json::<MyInfo>::extract(req); 
 
 		...
 			
@@ -204,11 +204,12 @@ fn main() {
     let app = App::new().resource(
        "/index.html", |r| {
            r.method(http::Method::POST)
-              .with(index)
-              .limit(4096)   // <- change json extractor configuration
-              .error_handler(|err, req| {  // <- create custom error response
+              .with_config(index, |cfg| {
+                  cfg.limit(4096)   // <- change json extractor configuration
+                  cfg.error_handler(|err, req| {  // <- create custom error response
                       error::InternalError::from_response(
                          err, HttpResponse::Conflict().finish()).into()
+              })
            });
        });
 }

content/docs/handlers.md

@@ -23,13 +23,13 @@ such as `&'static str`, `String`, etc.
 Examples of valid handlers:
 
 ```rust
-fn index(req: HttpRequest) -> &'static str {
+fn index(req: &HttpRequest) -> &'static str {
     "Hello world!"
 }
 ```
 
 ```rust
-fn index(req: HttpRequest) -> String {
+fn index(req: &HttpRequest) -> String {
     "Hello world!".to_owned()
 }
 ```
@@ -38,13 +38,13 @@ You can also change the signature to return `impl Responder` which works well if
 complex types are involved.
 
 ```rust
-fn index(req: HttpRequest) -> impl Responder {
+fn index(req: &HttpRequest) -> impl Responder {
     Bytes::from_static("Hello world!")
 }
 ```
 
 ```rust,ignore
-fn index(req: HttpRequest) -> Box<Future<Item=HttpResponse, Error=Error>> {
+fn index(req: &HttpRequest) -> Box<Future<Item=HttpResponse, Error=Error>> {
     ...
 }
 ```
@@ -54,8 +54,8 @@ Application state is accessible from the handler with the `HttpRequest::state()`
 however, state is accessible as a read-only reference. If you need mutable access to state,
 it must be implemented.
 
-> **Note**: Alternatively, the handler can mutably access its own state because the `handle` method takes
-> mutable reference to *self*. **Beware**, actix creates multiple copies
+> **Note**: Alternatively, the handler can use interior mutably to access its own
+> state. **Beware**, actix creates multiple copies
 > of the application state and the handlers, unique for each thread. If you run your
 > application in several threads, actix will create the same amount as number of threads
 > of application state objects and handler objects.
@@ -65,14 +65,15 @@ Here is an example of a handler that stores the number of processed requests:
 ```rust
 use actix_web::{App, HttpRequest, HttpResponse, dev::Handler};
 
-struct MyHandler(usize);
+struct MyHandler(Cell<usize>);
 
 impl<S> Handler<S> for MyHandler {
     type Result = HttpResponse;
 
     /// Handle request
-    fn handle(&mut self, req: HttpRequest<S>) -> Self::Result {
-        self.0 += 1;
+    fn handle(&self, req: &HttpRequest<S>) -> Self::Result {
+        let i = self.0.get();
+        self.0.set(i + 1);
         HttpResponse::Ok().into()
     }
 }
@@ -92,7 +93,7 @@ impl<S> Handler<S> for MyHandler {
     type Result = HttpResponse;
 
     /// Handle request
-    fn handle(&mut self, req: HttpRequest<S>) -> Self::Result {
+    fn handle(&self, req: &HttpRequest<S>) -> Self::Result {
         self.0.fetch_add(1, Ordering::Relaxed);
         HttpResponse::Ok().into()
     }
@@ -156,7 +157,7 @@ impl Responder for MyObj {
     }
 }
 
-fn index(req: HttpRequest) -> impl Responder {
+fn index(req: &HttpRequest) -> impl Responder {
     MyObj { name: "user" }
 }
 
@@ -187,7 +188,7 @@ use bytes::Bytes;
 use futures::stream::once;
 use futures::future::{Future, result};
 
-fn index(req: HttpRequest) -> Box<Future<Item=HttpResponse, Error=Error>> {
+fn index(req: &HttpRequest) -> Box<Future<Item=HttpResponse, Error=Error>> {
 
     result(Ok(HttpResponse::Ok()
               .content_type("text/html")
@@ -195,7 +196,7 @@ fn index(req: HttpRequest) -> Box<Future<Item=HttpResponse, Error=Error>> {
            .responder()
 }
 
-fn index2(req: HttpRequest) -> Box<Future<Item=&'static str, Error=Error>> {
+fn index2(req: &HttpRequest) -> Box<Future<Item=&'static str, Error=Error>> {
     result(Ok("Welcome!"))
         .responder()
 }
@@ -216,7 +217,7 @@ use actix_web::*;
 use bytes::Bytes;
 use futures::stream::once;
 
-fn index(req: HttpRequest) -> HttpResponse {
+fn index(req: &HttpRequest) -> HttpResponse {
     let body = once(Ok(Bytes::from_static(b"test")));
 
     HttpResponse::Ok()
@@ -243,7 +244,7 @@ use bytes::Bytes;
 use futures::stream::once;
 use futures::future::{Future, result};
 
-fn index(req: HttpRequest) -> Result<Box<Future<Item=HttpResponse, Error=Error>>, Error> {
+fn index(req: &HttpRequest) -> Result<Box<Future<Item=HttpResponse, Error=Error>>, Error> {
     if is_error() {
        Err(error::ErrorBadRequest("bad request"))
     } else {
@@ -269,7 +270,7 @@ use actix_web::{Either, Error, HttpResponse};
 
 type RegisterResult = Either<HttpResponse, Box<Future<Item=HttpResponse, Error=Error>>>;
 
-fn index(req: HttpRequest) -> impl Responder {
+fn index(req: &HttpRequest) -> impl Responder {
     if is_a_variant() { // <- choose variant A
         Either::A(
             HttpResponse::BadRequest().body("Bad data"))
@@ -281,12 +282,3 @@ fn index(req: HttpRequest) -> impl Responder {
     }
 }
 ```
-
-## Tokio core handle
-
-Any `actix-web` handler runs within a properly configured
-[actix system](https://actix.github.io/actix/actix/struct.System.html)
-and [arbiter](https://actix.github.io/actix/actix/struct.Arbiter.html).
-You can always get access to the tokio handle via the
-[Arbiter::handle()](https://actix.github.io/actix/actix/struct.Arbiter.html#method.handle)
-method.

content/docs/middleware.md

@@ -40,15 +40,13 @@ impl<S> Middleware<S> for Headers {
 
     /// Method is called when request is ready. It may return
     /// future, which should resolve before next middleware get called.
-    fn start(&self, req: &mut HttpRequest<S>) -> Result<Started> {
-        req.headers_mut().insert(
-            header::CONTENT_TYPE, header::HeaderValue::from_static("text/plain"));
+    fn start(&self, req: &HttpRequest<S>) -> Result<Started> {
         Ok(Started::Done)
     }
 
     /// Method is called when handler returns response,
     /// but before sending http message to peer.
-    fn response(&self, req: &mut HttpRequest<S>, mut resp: HttpResponse)
+    fn response(&self, req: &HttpRequest<S>, mut resp: HttpResponse)
         -> Result<Response>
     {
         resp.headers_mut().insert(
@@ -190,7 +188,7 @@ session data.
 use actix_web::{server, App, HttpRequest, Result};
 use actix_web::middleware::session::{RequestSession, SessionStorage, CookieSessionBackend};
 
-fn index(mut req: HttpRequest) -> Result<&'static str> {
+fn index(req: &HttpRequest) -> Result<&'static str> {
     // access session data
     if let Some(count) = req.session().get::<i32>("counter")? {
         println!("SESSION value: {}", count);
@@ -230,7 +228,7 @@ use actix_web::{
     App, HttpRequest, HttpResponse, Result,
     http, middleware::Response, middleware::ErrorHandlers};
 
-fn render_500<S>(_: &mut HttpRequest<S>, resp: HttpResponse) -> Result<Response> {
+fn render_500<S>(_: &HttpRequest<S>, resp: HttpResponse) -> Result<Response> {
    let mut builder = resp.into_builder();
    builder.header(http::header::CONTENT_TYPE, "application/json");
    Ok(Response::Done(builder.into()))

content/docs/request.md

@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ struct MyObj {
     number: i32,
 }
 
-fn index(mut req: HttpRequest) -> Box<Future<Item=HttpResponse, Error=Error>> {
+fn index(req: &HttpRequest) -> Box<Future<Item=HttpResponse, Error=Error>> {
     req.json().from_err()
         .and_then(|val: MyObj| {
             println!("model: {:?}", val);
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ use futures::{Future, Stream};
 #[derive(Serialize, Deserialize)]
 struct MyObj {name: String, number: i32}
 
-fn index(req: HttpRequest) -> Box<Future<Item=HttpResponse, Error=Error>> {
+fn index(req: &HttpRequest) -> Box<Future<Item=HttpResponse, Error=Error>> {
    // `concat2` will asynchronously read each chunk of the request body and
    // return a single, concatenated, chunk
    req.concat2()
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ The following demonstrates multipart stream handling for a simple form:
 ```rust
 use actix_web::*;
 
-fn index(req: HttpRequest) -> Box<Future<...>> {
+fn index(req: &HttpRequest) -> Box<Future<...>> {
     // get multipart and iterate over multipart items
     req.multipart()
        .and_then(|item| {
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ struct FormData {
     username: String,
 }
 
-fn index(mut req: HttpRequest) -> Box<Future<Item=HttpResponse, Error=Error>> {
+fn index(req: &HttpRequest) -> Box<Future<Item=HttpResponse, Error=Error>> {
     req.urlencoded::<FormData>() // <- get UrlEncoded future
        .from_err()
        .and_then(|data| {        // <- deserialized instance
@@ -195,8 +195,10 @@ use actix_web::*;
 use futures::{Future, Stream};
 
 
-fn index(mut req: HttpRequest) -> Box<Future<Item=HttpResponse, Error=Error>> {
-    req.from_err()
+fn index(req: &HttpRequest) -> Box<Future<Item=HttpResponse, Error=Error>> {
+    req
+       .payload()
+       .from_err()
        .fold((), |_, chunk| {
             println!("Chunk: {:?}", chunk);
             result::<_, error::PayloadError>(Ok(()))

content/docs/response.md

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ builder instance multiple times, the builder will panic.
 ```rust
 use actix_web::{HttpRequest, HttpResponse, http::ContentEncoding};
 
-fn index(req: HttpRequest) -> HttpResponse {
+fn index(req: &HttpRequest) -> HttpResponse {
     HttpResponse::Ok()
         .content_encoding(ContentEncoding::Br)
         .content_type("plain/text")
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ struct MyObj {
     name: String,
 }
 
-fn index(req: HttpRequest) -> Result<Json<MyObj>> {
+fn index(req: &HttpRequest) -> Result<Json<MyObj>> {
     Ok(Json(MyObj{name: req.match_info().query("name")?}))
 }
 

content/docs/static-files.md

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ match a path tail, we can use a `[.*]` regex.
 use std::path::PathBuf;
 use actix_web::{App, HttpRequest, Result, http::Method, fs::NamedFile};
 
-fn index(req: HttpRequest) -> Result<NamedFile> {
+fn index(req: &HttpRequest) -> Result<NamedFile> {
     let path: PathBuf = req.match_info().query("tail")?;
     Ok(NamedFile::open(path)?)
 }

content/docs/testing.md

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ run your handler with `run()` or `run_async()`.
 ```rust
 use actix_web::{http, test, HttpRequest, HttpResponse, HttpMessage};
 
-fn index(req: HttpRequest) -> HttpResponse {
+fn index(req: &HttpRequest) -> HttpResponse {
      if let Some(hdr) = req.headers().get(http::header::CONTENT_TYPE) {
         if let Ok(s) = hdr.to_str() {
             return HttpResponse::Ok().into()
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ function the same way as you would for real http server configuration.
 ```rust
 use actix_web::{http, test, App, HttpRequest, HttpResponse};
 
-fn index(req: HttpRequest) -> HttpResponse {
+fn index(req: &HttpRequest) -> HttpResponse {
      HttpResponse::Ok().into()
 }
 

content/docs/url-dispatch.md

@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ builder-like pattern. Following configuration methods are available:
   Usually handler registration
   is the last config operation. Handler function can be a function or closure
   and has the type
-  `Fn(HttpRequest<S>) -> R + 'static`
+  `Fn(&HttpRequest<S>) -> R + 'static`
 * [*Route::h()*](../../actix-web/actix_web/dev/struct.Route.html#method.h) registers
   a handler object that implements the `Handler` trait. This is
   similar to `f()` method - only one handler can
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ builder-like pattern. Following configuration methods are available:
   an async handler function for this route. Only one handler can be registered.
   Handler registration is the last config operation. Handler function can
   be a function or closure and has the type
-  `Fn(HttpRequest<S>) -> Future<Item = HttpResponse, Error = Error> + 'static`
+  `Fn(&HttpRequest<S>) -> Future<Item = HttpResponse, Error = Error> + 'static`
 
 # Route matching
 

content/docs/whatis.md

@@ -23,5 +23,5 @@ server `actix-web` is powerful enough to provide HTTP 1 and HTTP 2 support as
 well as SSL/TLS.  This makes it useful for building small services ready for
 distribution.
 
-Most importantly: `actix-web` runs on Rust 1.24 or later and it works with
+Most importantly: `actix-web` runs on Rust 1.26 or later and it works with
 stable releases.

layouts/index.html

@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
           {{ highlight `extern crate actix_web;
 use actix_web::{server, App, HttpRequest, Responder};
 
-fn greet(req: HttpRequest) -> impl Responder {
+fn greet(req: &HttpRequest) -> impl Responder {
     let to = req.match_info().get("name").unwrap_or("World");
     format!("Hello {}!", to)
 }