From 4a61a14d8b02a98ff263cb2bd5e0f2321432fddf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?UTF-8?q?Jonas=20Bone=CC=81r?= Date: Mon, 21 May 2012 14:40:18 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Added Akka Mist port and pointers to other community HTTP/REST projects to the HTTP docs --- akka-docs/modules/http.rst | 22 +++++++++++++++++----- 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/akka-docs/modules/http.rst b/akka-docs/modules/http.rst index c2c01d3ebc..b0f54948d3 100644 --- a/akka-docs/modules/http.rst +++ b/akka-docs/modules/http.rst @@ -1,18 +1,30 @@ .. _http-module: HTTP -==== +#### -Play2-mini ----------- +Play2 Mini +========== -The Akka team recommends the `Play2-mini `_ framework when building RESTful +The Akka team recommends the `Play2 Mini `_ framework when building RESTful service applications that integrates with Akka. It provides a REST API on top of `Play2 `_. Getting started --------------- First you must make your application aware of play-mini. -In SBT you just have to add the following to your _libraryDependencies_:: +In SBT you just have to add the following to your ``libraryDependencies``:: libraryDependencies += "com.typesafe" %% "play-mini" % "" + +Akka Mist +========= + +If you are using Akka Mist (Akka's old HTTP/REST module) with Akka 1.x and wish to upgrade to 2.x +there is now a port of Akka Mist to Akka 2.x. You can find it `here `_. + +Other Alternatives +================== + +There are a bunch of other alternatives for using Akka with HTTP/REST. You can find some of them +among the `Community Projects `_.