from socketify import App # this is just an example of implementation you can just import using from socketify import middleware for an more complete version def middleware(*functions): def middleware_route(res, req): data = None # cicle to all middlewares for function in functions: # call middlewares data = function(res, req, data) # stops if returns Falsy if not data: break return middleware_route def get_user(authorization_header): if authorization_header: return {"greeting": "Hello, World"} return None def auth(res, req, data=None): user = get_user(req.get_header("authorization")) if not user: res.write_status(403).end("not authorized") return False # returns extra data return user def home(res, req, user=None): res.end(user.get("greeting", None)) app = App() app.get("/", middleware(auth, home)) app.listen( 3000, lambda config: print("Listening on port http://localhost:%d now\n" % config.port), ) app.run()