qab-core 0.0.5
QAB framework, high performance, secure, easy to learn, fast to code, ready for production
License: MIT License
Requires Python: >=3.9

# 🚀 Quick API Builder Core (QAB Core)

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> **Quickly build secure and blazing-fast APIs with Python.**  
> QAB Core is built on top of [Bottle](https://bottlepy.org/) and uses [Gunicorn](https://gunicorn.org/) for production performance.

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## ✨ Features

- ⚡ **Ultra-fast API creation** with minimal boilerplate
- 🔒 **Secure by default** (SSL, best practices)
- 🧩 **Pluggable architecture** for controllers and extensions
- 🧪 **Easy testing** with Pytest & Tox
- 📈 **Built-in code coverage & SonarQube support**
- 📝 **Comprehensive documentation**

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## 📦 Installation

```sh
pip install qab_core
```

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## 🚀 Quick Start

### 1. Create a Controller

```python
from qab_core.controller import Controller

class TestController(Controller):
    def index(self):
        return "Hello world!"

    def hello(self, firstname, lastname=""):
        return f"Hello {firstname} {lastname}"
```

### 2. Create a Startup File

```python
from qab_core.server import Server
from controllers.testcontrollers import TestController

def start():
    app = Server()
    TestController(app).register()
    app.start()

if __name__ == "__main__":
    start()
```

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## 🧪 Running Tests

**With Pytest:**

```sh
pytest --cov=qab_core --cov-report=xml --cov-report=html
```

**With Tox:**

```sh
tox
```

**With SonarQube:**

```sh
sonar-scanner
```

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## 📚 Documentation

Full documentation is available [here](https://github.com/MaJyxSoftware/qab_core/blob/main/docs).

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## 👤 Author

> **Benjamin Schwald**

- 🌐 [majyx.net](https://www.majyx.net/)
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- 💼 [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/benjamin-schwald-765ab0bb/)
- 💻 [GitHub](https://github.com/HeavenSleep)

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## 🤝 Contributing

Contributions, issues and feature requests are welcome!  
Check the [issues page](https://github.com/MaJyxSoftware/qab_core/issues) or see the [contributing guide](https://github.com/MaJyxSoftware/qab_core/blob/main/CONTRIBUTE.md).

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## 💖 Show your support

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## 📝 License

Copyright © 2021-2025 [MaJyx](https://www.majyx.net).

This project is [MIT](https://github.com/MaJyxSoftware/qab_core/blob/main/LICENSE) licensed.