ResPeCtfully, an instant RPC microlibrary

Respectfully, sometimes you want to just make that effin RPC call. You don't really care whether it's a POST, a GET, whether something is a query or body parameter. Sometimes you just want it to be over so that you can go home and REST.

Pun intended.

Does this sound like you? You've found the one library truly respectful of your time and energy. No-nonsense RPC is just around the corner!

Setup

Get the dependency:

sbt:

// %%% for JS/native
"org.polyvariant" %% "respectfully" % "version"

scala-cli

//> using dep "org.polyvariant::respectfully::version"

Usage

Define your interface and derive API for it:

import respectfully._
import cats.effect._

trait MyApi derives API {
  def send(s: String): IO[Unit]
  def receive(): IO[String]
}

Now, you can get a server for "free":

val impl = new MyApi {
  def send(s: String): IO[Unit] = IO.stub
  def receive(): IO[String] = IO.stub
}

val r: org.http4s.HttpApp[IO] = API[MyApi].toRoutes

or a client, given an http4s Client:

def client(http: org.http4s.Client[IO], baseUri: org.http4s.Uri): MyApi =
  API[MyAPI].toClient(http, baseUri)

You know what to do next: plug your routes into a server, or plug a backend into your client - and go home early.

Paying respects

This library is mostly inspired by the following:

• autowire (it only supports synchronous or Future-returning methods, and not Scala 3 - at the moment)
• Udash RPC (again, only Future, no IO, also no Scala Native at the moment)
• sloth (different design philosophy, but seems like a good library for solving the same problem)