Facet is the data-driven Web framework. Turn your API into HTML, no code required.
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Facet transforms REST APIs into web interfaces using simple HTML templates. You already have the API—just add templates where you want HTML.
The core idea: Your API structure is your site structure.
Your API:
├── /shop/products → Returns JSON
└── /shop/products/123 → Returns JSON
Add templates:
└── templates/
└── shop/
└── products/
├── list.html → Renders /shop/products as HTML
└── view.html → Renders /shop/products/123 as HTML
Result:
├── /shop/products → HTML for browsers, JSON for APIs
└── /shop/products/123 → HTML for browsers, JSON for APIs
No routing files. No controllers. No duplicate logic. Just drop templates where your data lives.
Try it yourself (quickstart):
# Start the quickstart stack (MongoDB + Facet)
docker compose up
# If you want to build a local image instead:
# mvn -pl core -am -DskipTests package
# docker compose up --build
# Visit in browser (login required)
open http://localhost:8080/
Note: the root docker-compose.yml builds a local image by default. To use the published image, replace the build: section with image: softinstigate/facet:latest.
Login with admin / secret, then visit /mydb/products to see the seeded data rendered by the default template.
Add a product via curl and refresh the HTML list:
curl -X POST http://localhost:8080/mydb/products \
-u admin:secret \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"name":"Desk Lamp","price":49,"category":"Home"}'
open http://localhost:8080/mydb/products
Visit the GitHub repo for more information.
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docker pull softinstigate/facet