apisix/doc/libr3.md

libr3

what's libr3?

libr3 is a high-performance path dispatching library. It compiles your route paths into a prefix tree (trie).

APISIX using lua-resty-libr3 as route dispatching library.

How to use libr3 in APISIX?

libr3 supports PCRE(Perl Compatible Regular Expressions), so you can use route flexibly.

Let's take a look at a few examples and have an intuitive understanding.

1. default regular expression /blog/post/{id}

there is not regular expression included, and [^/]+ will be the default regular expression of id.

So /blog/post/{id} is equivalent to /blog/post/{id:[^/]+}.

2. match all uris /{:.*}

/ matches root uri, and .* matches any character (except for line terminators).

: means is an anonymous match, for example the uri is /blog/post/1, the libr3 will return [/blog/post/1] if pattern is /{:.*}, and return {"uri":"/blog/post/1"} if pattern is /{uri:.*}.

3. match number /blog/post/{id:\d+}

for example the uri is /blog/post/1, libr3 will return {"id":1}.

4. match characters /blog/post/{name:\w+}

for example the uri is /blog/post/foo, libr3 will return {"name":"foo"}.

5. match multiple uri segments /blog/post/{name:\w+}/{id:\d+}

for example the uri is /blog/post/foo/12, libr3 will return {"name":"foo", "id":12}.