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+Router
+======
+
+The router is used to match incoming requests to request handler
+functions. Typically users don't interact with the router directly,
+but instead send a list of routes to register when starting the
+server. However it is also possible to add routes after starting the
+server by calling the `register` method on the server's `router`
+property.
+
+Routes are represented by a three item tuple::
+
+ (methods, path_match, handler)
+
+`methods` is either a string or a list of strings indicating the HTTP
+methods to match. In cases where all methods should match there is a
+special sentinel value `any_method` provided as a property of the
+`router` module that can be used.
+
+`path_match` is an expression that will be evaluated against the
+request path to decide if the handler should match. These expressions
+follow a custom syntax intended to make matching URLs straightforward
+and, in particular, to be easier to use than raw regexp for URL
+matching. There are three possible components of a match expression:
+
+* Literals. These match any character. The special characters \*, \{
+ and \} must be escaped by prefixing them with a \\.
+
+* Match groups. These match any character other than / and save the
+ result as a named group. They are delimited by curly braces; for
+ example::
+
+ {abc}
+
+ would create a match group with the name `abc`.
+
+* Stars. These are denoted with a `*` and match any character
+ including /. There can be at most one star
+ per pattern and it must follow any match groups.
+
+Path expressions always match the entire request path and a leading /
+in the expression is implied even if it is not explicitly
+provided. This means that `/foo` and `foo` are equivalent.
+
+For example, the following pattern matches all requests for resources with the
+extension `.py`::
+
+ *.py
+
+The following expression matches anything directly under `/resources`
+with a `.html` extension, and places the "filename" in the `name`
+group::
+
+ /resources/{name}.html
+
+The groups, including anything that matches a `*` are available in the
+request object through the `route_match` property. This is a
+dictionary mapping the group names, and any match for `*` to the
+matching part of the route. For example, given a route::
+
+ /api/{sub_api}/*
+
+and the request path `/api/test/html/test.html`, `route_match` would
+be::
+
+ {"sub_api": "html", "*": "html/test.html"}
+
+`handler` is a function taking a request and a response object that is
+responsible for constructing the response to the HTTP request. See
+:doc:`handlers` for more details on handler functions.
+
+.. _router.Interface:
+
+:mod:`Interface <wptserve.router>`
+----------------------------------
+
+.. automodule:: wptserve.router
+ :members: