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+# What
+
+`lazybones` is a half-hearted effort at a small HTTP route handling
+framework for smallish dynamic sites, preferably those whose state
+lives in the lisp process.
+
+It is not at all 'field tested', does not compete with more thorougly
+conceived frameworks, and is itself just a kind of wrapper around
+clack.
+
+# Basic Example
+
+``` lisp
+(defpackage #:hello-site
+  (:use #:cl)
+  (import-from #:lazybones
+               #:defroute 
+               #:http-ok
+               #:http-err)
+  (import-from #:fictitious-image-db-package
+               #:get-image-ids
+               #:lookup-image
+               #:image-mimetype
+               #:image-data))
+               
+(in-package :hello-site)
+
+(defroute :get "/hello"
+  (http-ok "text/html"
+    (spinneret:with-html-string
+      (:doctype)
+      (:html :lang "en"
+        (:head 
+          (:meta :charset "utf-8")
+          (:title "some images"))
+        (:body 
+          (:h1 "Hello")
+          (:ul
+              (dolist (img-id (get-image-ids))  ; assuming some function to get ids
+                (:li (:img :src (format nil "/image/~a" img-id))))))))))
+            
+(defroute :get "/image/:id"
+  (alexandria:if-let (found (lookup-image id)) ; assuming a funciton to lookup images
+    (http-ok (image-mimetype found)            ; and to query properties
+             (image-data found))               ; a byte vector
+    (http-err 404 "Not Found")))
+    
+
+(start :port 5000) ; start the server 
+
+```
+
+Example code that would serve a page containing a list of images.
+
+## Helpful Features
+
+Inside of any handler there is a dynamically bound variable `*req*`
+that holds the HTTP request being processed.
+
+Using a form called `with-handler-preamble`, groups of handlers can be
+defined that all perform some initialization / access control steps.
+
+For example:
+
+``` lisp
+
+(with-handler-preamble 
+    ((unless (authorized-request *req*)
+       (http-err 401 "Unauthorized"))
+
+     (make-database-connection))
+  
+  (defroute :post "/image/:id/edit" 
+    ;; ... handle image post ...
+    )
+
+  (defroute :delete "/image/:id
+     ;; ... handle image delete ...
+     ))
+
+```