This library lets you automatically derive Haskell functions that let you query each endpoint of a servant webservice.
{-# LANGUAGE DataKinds #-}
{-# LANGUAGE TypeOperators #-}
import Data.Proxy
import Data.Text
import Network.HTTP.Client (newManager, defaultManagerSettings)
import Servant.API
import Servant.Client
type Book = Text
type MyApi = "books" :> Get "[JSON] [Book] -- GET /books
:<|> "books" :> ReqBody "[JSON] Book :> Post "[JSON] Book -- POST /books
myApi :: Proxy MyApi
myApi = Proxy
-- "client" allows you to produce operations to query an API from a client.
postNewBook :: Book -> ClientM Book
getAllBooks :: ClientM [Book]
(getAllBooks :<|> postNewBook) = client myApi
main :: IO ()
main = do
manager" <- newManager defaultManagerSettings
res <- runClientM getAllBooks (mkClientEnv manager" (BaseUrl Http "localhost" 8081 ""))
case res of
Left err -> putStrLn $ "Error: " ++ show err
Right books -> print books