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+# 📘 **Lieko-express — A Modern, Minimal, REST API Framework for Node.js**
+
+A lightweight, fast, and modern Node.js REST API framework built on top of the native `http` module. Zero external dependencies for core functionality.
+
+![Performance](https://img.shields.io/badge/Performance-49%25_faster_than_Express-00d26a?style=for-the-badge)
+
+![Latency](https://img.shields.io/badge/Latency-67%25_lower_than_Express-00b4d8?style=for-the-badge)
+
+![Requests/sec](https://img.shields.io/badge/Requests-16.6k/sec-ff6b6b?style=for-the-badge)
+
+[![License: MIT](https://img.shields.io/badge/License-MIT-yellow.svg)](https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)
+[![Node.js Version](https://img.shields.io/badge/node-%3E%3D14.0.0-brightgreen)](https://nodejs.org)
+
+
+
+| Metric | Express.js | Lieko Express | Improvement |
+|--------|------------|---------------|-------------|
+| **Max Throughput** | 13,303 req/sec | **16,644 req/sec** | **+25.1%** |
+| **Best Case (POST)** | 11,202 req/sec | **16,644 req/sec** | **+48.6%** |
+| **Worst Case (GET)** | 13,303 req/sec | **16,152 req/sec** | **+21.4%** |
+| **Average Latency** | 30µs | **10µs** | **-66.7%** |
+| **Total Requests** | 336k (POST) | **499k (POST)** | **+48.5%** |
+
+**Key Takeaways:**
+- ✅ **Up to 49% higher throughput** than Express.js
+- ✅ **67% lower latency** (10µs vs 30µs)
+- ✅ **Consistently outperforms** Express in all tests
+
+## ✨ Features
+
+- 🎯 **Zero Dependencies** - Built entirely on Node.js native modules
+- ⚡ **High Performance** - Optimized for speed with minimal overhead
+- 🛡️ **Built-in Validation** - Comprehensive validation system with 15+ validators
+- 🔄 **Router Support** - Modular routing with nested routers
+- 🔐 **Middleware System** - Global and route-specific middlewares
+- 📝 **Body Parsing** - JSON, URL-encoded, and multipart/form-data support
+- 🎨 **Response Helpers** - Convenient methods for common responses
+- 🔍 **Route Parameters** - Dynamic route matching with named parameters
+- 🌐 **Query Parsing** - Automatic type conversion for query parameters
+- 📤 **File Upload** - Built-in multipart/form-data handling
+- ⚠️ **Error Handling** - Structured error responses with status codes
+
+
+## 📚 Table of Contents
+
+- [Philosophy](#philosophy)
+- [Basic Usage](#basic-usage)
+- [Routing](#routing)
+- [Middlewares](#middlewares)
+- [Request & Response](#request--response)
+- [Validation](#validation)
+- [Routers](#routers)
+- [Error Handling](#error-handling)
+- [Advanced Examples](#advanced-examples)
+
+---
+
+# 🧠 Philosophy
+
+Lieko attempts to solve several common issues with classic Node frameworks:
+
+### ❌ Express problems:
+
+* No route grouping
+* Weak middlewares
+* No validation
+* Messy routers
+* Confusing trust proxy behavior
+* No helpers
+
+### ✔ Lieko solutions:
+
+* Clean **group-based routing**
+* Built-in validators
+* Typed & normalized request fields
+* Robust error system
+* First-class JSON & uploads
+* Simple, powerful helpers (res.ok, res.error…)
+* Predictable IP handling
+
+Lieko feels familiar but is dramatically more coherent and modern.
+
+
+
+## 📦 Installation
+
+```bash
+npm install lieko-express
+```
+
+## 🚀 Quick Start
+
+```javascript
+const Lieko = require('lieko-express');
+
+const app = Lieko();
+
+app.get('/', (req, res) => {
+  res.json({ message: 'Hello, Lieko!' });
+});
+
+app.listen(3000, () => {
+  console.log('Server running on port 3000');
+});
+---
+
+## 🎯 Basic Usage
+
+### Creating an Application
+
+```javascript
+const Lieko = require('lieko-express');
+const app = Lieko();
+```
+
+### HTTP Methods
+
+```javascript
+// GET request
+app.get('/users', (req, res) => {
+  res.json({ users: [] });
+});
+
+// POST request
+app.post('/users', (req, res) => {
+  const user = req.body;
+  res.status(201).json({ user });
+});
+
+// PUT request
+app.put('/users/:id', (req, res) => {
+  const { id } = req.params;
+  res.json({ updated: true, id });
+});
+
+// DELETE request
+app.delete('/users/:id', (req, res) => {
+  res.json({ deleted: true });
+});
+
+// PATCH request
+app.patch('/users/:id', (req, res) => {
+  res.json({ patched: true });
+});
+
+// ALL methods
+app.all('/admin', (req, res) => {
+  res.json({ method: req.method });
+});
+```
+
+
+# 🛣 Routing
+
+Lieko provides classic `.get()`, `.post()`, `.patch()`, `.delete()`:
+
+```js
+app.get('/hello', (req, res) => res.ok('Hello!'));
+app.post('/upload', uploadFile);
+app.patch('/users/:id', updateUser);
+app.delete('/posts/:id', deletePost);
+```
+
+### Features
+
+✔ Params automatically extracted
+✔ Query auto-typed
+✔ Body parsed and typed
+✔ Wildcards available
+✔ Trailing slashes handled intelligently
+
+---
+
+# 🧩 Route Groups
+
+Lieko supports Laravel-style **group routing** with middleware inheritance:
+
+```js
+// (api) = name of subroutes
+app.group('/api', auth, (api) => {
+
+  api.get('/profile', (req, res) =>
+    res.ok({ user: req.user })
+  );
+
+  api.group('/admin', requireAdmin, (admin) => {
+
+    admin.get('/stats', (req, res) =>
+      res.ok({ admin: true })
+    );
+
+  });
+
+});
+```
+
+### Group behavior
+
+* Middlewares inherited by all children
+* Prefix applied recursively
+* You can nest indefinitely
+* Works inside routers too
+
+---
+
+# 📦 Nested Routers
+
+Routers are fully nestable:
+
+```js
+const { Router } = require('lieko-express');
+
+const users = Router();
+
+users.get('/', listUsers);
+users.post('/', createUser);
+users.get('/:id', getUser);
+
+app.group('/api', auth, (api) => {
+  api.group('/admin', requireAdmin, (admin) => {
+    admin.use('/users', users);
+  });
+});
+
+// Group without TOP middleware
+app.group('/api', (api) => {
+  api.group('/admin', requireAdmin, (admin) => {
+    admin.use('/users', users);
+  });
+});
+
+app.group('/admin2', auth, requireAdmin, rateLimit, (admin) => {
+  admin.get('/stats', getStats);
+});
+
+api.group(
+  '/secure',
+  requireAuth(config),
+  requirePermissions(['users.read', 'posts.write']),
+  requireAdmin('super'),
+  (secure) => {
+    secure.get('/panel', ...);
+  }
+);
+```
+### ✔ Router inherits middleware from its parent groups
+
+### ✔ Paths automatically expanded
+
+### ✔ Perfect for modular architecture
+---
+# 🧩 API Versioning
+
+With groups, versioning becomes trivial:
+
+```js
+app.group('/api/v1', (v1) => {
+  v1.get('/users', handlerV1);
+});
+
+app.group('/api/v2', (v2) => {
+  v2.get('/users', handlerV2);
+});
+```
+
+---
+
+### Query Parameters
+
+Query parameters are automatically parsed and converted to appropriate types:
+
+```javascript
+app.get('/search', (req, res) => {
+  // GET /search?q=hello&page=2&active=true&price=19.99
+  
+  console.log(req.query);
+  // {
+  //   q: 'hello',        // string
+  //   page: 2,           // number (auto-converted)
+  //   active: true,      // boolean (auto-converted)
+  //   price: 19.99       // float (auto-converted)
+  // }
+  
+  res.json({ query: req.query });
+});
+```
+
+**Automatic Type Conversion:**
+- `"123"` → `123` (number)
+- `"19.99"` → `19.99` (float)
+- `"true"` → `true` (boolean)
+- `"false"` → `false` (boolean)
+
+---
+
+## 🔧 Middlewares
+
+### Global Middlewares
+
+```javascript
+// Logger middleware
+app.use((req, res, next) => {
+  console.log(`${req.method} ${req.url}`);
+  next();
+});
+
+// CORS middleware
+app.use((req, res, next) => {
+  res.set('Access-Control-Allow-Origin', '*');
+  res.set('Access-Control-Allow-Methods', 'GET, POST, PUT, DELETE');
+  next();
+});
+
+// Auth middleware
+const authMiddleware = (req, res, next) => {
+  const token = req.headers['authorization'];
+  
+  if (!token) {
+    return res.error({
+      code: 'NO_TOKEN_PROVIDED',
+      message: 'Authorization required'
+    });
+  }
+  
+  req.user = { id: 1, role: 'admin' };
+  next();
+};
+```
+
+### Path-Specific Middlewares
+
+```javascript
+// Apply to specific path
+app.use('/api', (req, res, next) => {
+  console.log('API route accessed');
+  next();
+});
+
+// Multiple middlewares
+app.use('/admin', authMiddleware, checkRole, (req, res, next) => {
+  next();
+});
+```
+
+### Route-Level Middlewares
+
+```javascript
+// Single middleware
+app.get('/protected', authMiddleware, (req, res) => {
+  res.json({ user: req.user });
+});
+
+// Multiple middlewares
+app.post('/admin/users',
+  authMiddleware,
+  checkRole('admin'),
+  validate(userSchema),
+  (req, res) => {
+    res.json({ created: true });
+  }
+);
+```
+
+### Async Middlewares
+
+```javascript
+// Async/await support
+app.use(async (req, res, next) => {
+  try {
+    req.data = await fetchDataFromDB();
+    next();
+  } catch (error) {
+    next(error);
+  }
+});
+```
+
+---
+
+# 🔍 Request Object
+
+Lieko’s `req` object provides:
+
+### General
+
+| Field             | Description       |
+| ----------------- | ----------------- |
+| `req.method`      | HTTP method       |
+| `req.path`        | Without query     |
+| `req.originalUrl` | Full original URL |
+| `req.protocol`    | `http` or `https` |
+| `req.secure`      | Boolean           |
+| `req.hostname`    | Hostname          |
+| `req.subdomains`  | Array             |
+| `req.xhr`         | AJAX detection    |
+| `req.params`      | Route parameters  |
+| `req.query`       | Auto-typed query  |
+| `req.body`        | Parsed body       |
+| `req.files`       | Uploaded files    |
+
+### IP Handling
+
+| Field         | Description            |
+| ------------- | ---------------------- |
+| `req.ip.raw`  | Original IP            |
+| `req.ip.ipv4` | IPv4 (auto normalized) |
+| `req.ip.ipv6` | IPv6                   |
+| `req.ips`     | Proxy chain            |
+
+Lieko safely handles:
+
+* IPv4
+* IPv6
+* IPv4-mapped IPv6
+* Multiple proxies
+
+---
+
+
+# 🎯 Response Object (`res`)
+
+Lieko enhances Node's native response object with convenient helper methods.
+
+### **General Response Methods**
+
+| Method / Field             | Description                              |
+| -------------------------- | ---------------------------------------- |
+| `res.status(code)`         | Sets HTTP status code (chainable).       |
+| `res.setHeader(name, val)` | Sets a response header.                  |
+| `res.getHeader(name)`      | Gets a response header.                  |
+| `res.removeHeader(name)`   | Removes a header.                        |
+| `res.type(mime)`           | Sets `Content-Type` automatically.       |
+| `res.send(data)`           | Sends raw data (string, buffer, object). |
+| `res.json(obj)`            | Sends JSON with correct headers.         |
+| `res.end(body)`            | Ends the response manually.              |
+
+---
+
+# ✅ **High-Level Helpers**
+
+### **Success Helpers**
+
+| Method                   | Description                                        |
+| ------------------------ | -------------------------------------------------- |
+| `res.ok(data)`           | Sends `{ success: true, data }` with status `200`. |
+| `res.created(data)`      | Sends `{ success: true, data }` with status `201`. |
+| `res.noContent()`        | Sends status `204` with no body.                   |
+| `res.paginated(payload)` | Standard API pagination output.                    |
+
+---
+
+# ❌ **Error Helpers**
+
+| Method                  | Description                                       |
+| ----------------------- | ------------------------------------------------- |
+| `res.error(codeOrObj)`  | Sends a normalized JSON error response (400–500). |
+| `res.badRequest(msg)`   | Sends `400 Bad Request`.                          |
+| `res.unauthorized(msg)` | Sends `401 Unauthorized`.                         |
+| `res.forbidden(msg)`    | Sends `403 Forbidden`.                            |
+| `res.notFound(msg)`     | Sends `404 Not Found`.                            |
+| `res.serverError(msg)`  | Sends `500 Server Error`.                         |
+
+> All these helpers output a consistent JSON error structure:
+>
+> ```json
+> { "success": false, "error": { "code": "...", "message": "..." } }
+> ```
+
+---
+
+# 🧠 **Content-Type Helpers**
+
+### **HTML**
+
+| Method                        | Description                                                |
+| ----------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------- |
+| `res.html(html, status?)`     | Short alias for `sendHTML()`.                              |                        |
+
+### **Redirects**
+
+| Method                     | Description                           |
+| -------------------------- | ------------------------------------- |
+| `res.redirect(url, code?)` | Redirects the client (default `302`). |
+
+---
+
+# 📦 **Low-Level Output Controls**
+
+| Method                             | Description                                     |
+| ---------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------- |
+| `res.write(chunk)`                 | Writes a raw chunk without ending the response. |
+| `res.flushHeaders()`               | Sends the headers immediately.                  |
+
+
+### JSON helpers
+
+```js
+res.ok(data);
+res.created(data);
+res.accepted(data);
+res.noContent();
+res.error({ code: "INVALID_DATA" });
+```
+
+### Pagination helper
+
+```js
+res.paginated(items, page, limit, total);
+```
+
+### Response formatting
+
+* Uniform JSON structure
+* Automatic status codes
+* Error code → HTTP mapping
+* String errors also supported (`res.error("Invalid user")`)
+
+---
+
+# 📦 Body Parsing
+
+Lieko supports:
+
+### ✔ JSON
+
+### ✔ URL-encoded
+
+### ✔ Multipart form-data (files)
+
+Uploads end up in:
+
+```
+req.files = {
+  avatar: {
+    filename: "...",
+    mimetype: "...",
+    size: 1234,
+    buffer: <Buffer>
+  }
+}
+```
+
+Query & body fields are **auto converted**:
+
+```
+"123" → 123  
+"true" → true  
+"false" → false  
+"null" → null  
+```
+
+### Response Methods
+
+```javascript
+// JSON response
+res.json({ message: 'Hello' });
+
+// Send any data
+res.send('Plain text');
+res.send({ object: 'data' });
+
+// Status code
+res.status(404).json({ error: 'Not found' });
+
+// Set headers
+res.set('X-Custom-Header', 'value');
+res.header('Content-Type', 'text/html');
+
+// Redirect
+res.redirect('/new-url');
+
+// Success response helper
+res.ok({ user: userData }, 'User retrieved successfully');
+// Returns: { success: true, data: userData, message: '...' }
+
+// Error response helper
+res.error({
+  code: 'NOT_FOUND',
+  message: 'Resource not found'
+});
+// Returns: { success: false, error: { code, message } }
+
+// Response locals (shared data)
+res.locals.user = currentUser;
+```
+
+### Body Parsing
+
+**Automatic parsing for:**
+
+1. **JSON** (`application/json`)
+```javascript
+app.post('/api/data', (req, res) => {
+  console.log(req.body); // { name: 'John', age: 30 }
+  res.json({ received: true });
+});
+```
+
+2. **URL-encoded** (`application/x-www-form-urlencoded`)
+```javascript
+app.post('/form', (req, res) => {
+  console.log(req.body); // { username: 'john', password: '***' }
+  res.json({ ok: true });
+});
+```
+
+3. **Multipart/form-data** (file uploads)
+```javascript
+app.post('/upload', (req, res) => {
+  const file = req.files.avatar;
+  
+  console.log(file.filename);    // 'profile.jpg'
+  console.log(file.contentType); // 'image/jpeg'
+  console.log(file.data);        // Buffer
+  console.log(file.data.length); // File size in bytes
+  
+  // Other form fields
+  console.log(req.body.username); // 'john'
+  
+  res.json({ uploaded: true });
+});
+```
+
+---
+
+## ✅ Validation
+
+### Built-in Validators
+
+```javascript
+const { schema, validators, validate } = require('lieko-express');
+
+const userSchema = schema({
+  // Required field
+  username: [
+    validators.required('Username is required'),
+    validators.string(),
+    validators.minLength(3),
+    validators.maxLength(20),
+    validators.pattern(/^[a-zA-Z0-9_]+$/, 'Alphanumeric only')
+  ],
+  
+  // Email validation
+  email: [
+    validators.required(),
+    validators.email('Invalid email format')
+  ],
+  
+  // Number validation
+  age: [
+    validators.required(),
+    validators.number(),
+    validators.min(18, 'Must be 18 or older'),
+    validators.max(120)
+  ],
+  
+  // Boolean validation
+  active: [
+    validators.boolean()
+  ],
+  
+  // Must be true (for terms acceptance)
+  acceptTerms: [
+    validators.required(),
+    validators.mustBeTrue('You must accept terms')
+  ],
+  
+  // Enum validation
+  role: [
+    validators.oneOf(['user', 'admin', 'moderator'])
+  ],
+  
+  // Custom validator
+  password: [
+    validators.required(),
+    validators.custom((value) => {
+      return value.length >= 8 && /[A-Z]/.test(value);
+    }, 'Password must be 8+ chars with uppercase')
+  ],
+  
+  // Equal to another value
+  confirmPassword: [
+    validators.equal(req => req.body.password, 'Passwords must match')
+  ]
+});
+
+// Use in route
+app.post('/register', validate(userSchema), (req, res) => {
+  // If validation passes, this runs
+  res.status(201).json({ success: true });
+});
+```
+
+### All Available Validators
+
+| Validator                      | Description                                         | Example                                  |
+| ------------------------------ | --------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------- |
+| `required(message?)`           | Field must be present (not null/empty)              | `validators.required()`                  |
+| `requiredTrue(message?)`       | Must be true (accepts `true`, `"true"`, `1`, `"1"`) | `validators.requiredTrue()`              |
+| `optional()`                   | Skip validation if field is missing                 | `validators.optional()`                  |
+| `string(message?)`             | Must be a string                                    | `validators.string()`                    |
+| `number(message?)`             | Must be a number (no coercion)                      | `validators.number()`                    |
+| `boolean(message?)`            | Must be boolean-like (`true/false`, `"1"/"0"`)      | `validators.boolean()`                   |
+| `integer(message?)`            | Must be an integer                                  | `validators.integer()`                   |
+| `positive(message?)`           | Must be > 0                                         | `validators.positive()`                  |
+| `negative(message?)`           | Must be < 0                                         | `validators.negative()`                  |
+| `email(message?)`              | Must be a valid email                               | `validators.email()`                     |
+| `min(value, message?)`         | Minimum number or string length                     | `validators.min(3)`                      |
+| `max(value, message?)`         | Maximum number or string length                     | `validators.max(10)`                     |
+| `length(n, message?)`          | Exact string length                                 | `validators.length(6)`                   |
+| `minLength(n, message?)`       | Minimum string length                               | `validators.minLength(3)`                |
+| `maxLength(n, message?)`       | Maximum string length                               | `validators.maxLength(255)`              |
+| `pattern(regex, message?)`     | Must match regex                                    | `validators.pattern(/^\d+$/)`            |
+| `startsWith(prefix, message?)` | Must start with prefix                              | `validators.startsWith("abc")`           |
+| `endsWith(suffix, message?)`   | Must end with suffix                                | `validators.endsWith(".jpg")`            |
+| `oneOf(values, message?)`      | Value must be in list                               | `validators.oneOf(['admin','user'])`     |
+| `notOneOf(values, message?)`   | Value cannot be in list                             | `validators.notOneOf(['root','system'])` |
+| `custom(fn, message?)`         | Custom validation                                   | `validators.custom(val => val > 0)`      |
+| `equal(value, message?)`       | Must equal specific value                           | `validators.equal("yes")`                |
+| `mustBeTrue(message?)`         | Must be true (alias of requiredTrue)                | `validators.mustBeTrue()`                |
+| `mustBeFalse(message?)`        | Must be false                                       | `validators.mustBeFalse()`               |
+| `date(message?)`               | Must be valid date                                  | `validators.date()`                      |
+| `before(date, message?)`       | Must be < given date                                | `validators.before("2025-01-01")`        |
+| `after(date, message?)`        | Must be > given date                                | `validators.after("2020-01-01")`         |
+
+## **Basic Schema Example**
+
+```js
+const userSchema = schema({
+  name: [
+    validators.required(),
+    validators.string(),
+    validators.minLength(3),
+  ],
+  age: [
+    validators.required(),
+    validators.number(),
+    validators.min(18),
+  ],
+});
+```
+
+---
+
+## **Boolean Example**
+
+```js
+const schema = schema({
+  subscribed: [
+    validators.boolean()
+  ]
+});
+```
+
+Accepted:
+
+```
+true, false, "true", "false", 1, 0, "1", "0"
+```
+
+---
+
+## **Email Example**
+
+```js
+const schema = schema({
+  email: [
+    validators.required(),
+    validators.email()
+  ]
+});
+```
+
+---
+
+## **Username with rules**
+
+```js
+const usernameSchema = schema({
+  username: [
+    validators.required(),
+    validators.string(),
+    validators.minLength(3),
+    validators.maxLength(16),
+    validators.pattern(/^[a-zA-Z0-9_]+$/, "Invalid username")
+  ]
+});
+```
+
+---
+
+## **Password strength**
+
+```js
+const passwordSchema = schema({
+  password: [
+    validators.required(),
+    validators.minLength(8),
+    validators.custom((value) => {
+      return /[A-Z]/.test(value) &&
+             /[a-z]/.test(value) &&
+             /\d/.test(value) &&
+             /[!@#$%^&*]/.test(value);
+    }, "Weak password")
+  ]
+});
+```
+
+---
+
+## **Multiple-choice fields**
+
+```js
+const roleSchema = schema({
+  role: [
+    validators.oneOf(["admin", "user", "guest"])
+  ]
+});
+```
+
+---
+
+## **Blacklist Example**
+
+```js
+const schema = schema({
+  username: [
+    validators.notOneOf(["root", "admin", "system"])
+  ]
+});
+```
+
+---
+
+## **Starts / Ends With**
+
+```js
+const schema = schema({
+  fileName: [
+    validators.endsWith(".jpg", "Must be a JPG image")
+  ]
+});
+```
+
+---
+
+# **Advanced Validation Examples**
+
+---
+
+## **Cross-field validation (matching passwords)**
+
+```js
+const registerSchema = schema({
+  password: [
+    validators.required(),
+    validators.minLength(8)
+  ],
+  confirmPassword: [
+    validators.required(),
+    validators.custom((value, data) => value === data.password, "Passwords do not match")
+  ]
+});
+```
+
+---
+
+## Conditional Validation (depends on another field)
+
+```js
+const orderSchema = schema({
+  shippingMethod: [validators.oneOf(["pickup", "delivery"])],
+  address: [
+    validators.custom((value, data) => {
+      if (data.shippingMethod === "delivery")
+        return value && value.length > 0;
+      return true;
+    }, "Address required when using delivery")
+  ]
+});
+```
+
+---
+
+## Dynamic rules EX: `age` required only if user is not admin
+
+```js
+const schema = schema({
+  role: [validators.oneOf(["user", "admin"])],
+  age: [
+    validators.custom((age, data) => {
+      if (data.role === "user") return age >= 18;
+      return true;
+    }, "Users must be 18+")
+  ]
+});
+```
+
+---
+
+## **Date validation**
+
+```js
+const eventSchema = schema({
+  startDate: [validators.date()],
+  endDate: [
+    validators.date(),
+    validators.custom((value, data) => {
+      return new Date(value) > new Date(data.startDate);
+    }, "End date must be after start date")
+  ]
+});
+```
+
+---
+
+# **Combining many validators**
+
+```js
+const schema = schema({
+  code: [
+    validators.required(),
+    validators.string(),
+    validators.length(6),
+    validators.pattern(/^[A-Z0-9]+$/),
+    validators.notOneOf(["AAAAAA", "000000"]),
+  ]
+});
+```
+
+---
+
+# **Optional field + rules if provided**
+
+```js
+const schema = schema({
+  nickname: [
+    validators.optional(),
+    validators.minLength(3),
+    validators.maxLength(20)
+  ]
+});
+```
+
+If nickname is empty → no validation.
+If present → must follow rules.
+
+---
+
+# **Example of validation error response**
+
+Already provided but I format it more "realistic":
+
+```json
+{
+  "success": false,
+  "message": "Validation failed",
+  "errors": [
+    {
+      "field": "email",
+      "message": "Invalid email format",
+      "type": "email"
+    },
+    {
+      "field": "age",
+      "message": "Field must be at least 18",
+      "type": "min"
+    }
+  ]
+}
+```
+
+
+### Custom Validation Examples
+
+```javascript
+// Password strength
+const passwordSchema = schema({
+  password: [
+    validators.required(),
+    validators.custom((value) => {
+      const hasUpperCase = /[A-Z]/.test(value);
+      const hasLowerCase = /[a-z]/.test(value);
+      const hasNumbers = /\d/.test(value);
+      const hasSpecialChar = /[!@#$%^&*]/.test(value);
+      
+      return hasUpperCase && hasLowerCase && hasNumbers && hasSpecialChar;
+    }, 'Password must contain uppercase, lowercase, number and special char')
+  ]
+});
+
+// Cross-field validation
+const registrationSchema = schema({
+  password: [validators.required(), validators.minLength(8)],
+  confirmPassword: [
+    validators.required(),
+    validators.custom((value, data) => {
+      return value === data.password;
+    }, 'Passwords do not match')
+  ]
+});
+
+// Conditional validation
+const orderSchema = schema({
+  shippingAddress: [
+    validators.custom((value, data) => {
+      // Only required if shipping method is 'delivery'
+      if (data.shippingMethod === 'delivery') {
+        return value && value.length > 0;
+      }
+      return true;
+    }, 'Shipping address required for delivery')
+  ]
+});
+```
+
+---
+
+## 🗂️ Routers
+
+Routers allow you to create modular, mountable route handlers.
+
+### Creating a Router
+
+```javascript
+const Lieko = require('lieko-express');
+const usersRouter = Lieko.Router();
+
+// Define routes on the router
+usersRouter.get('/', (req, res) => {
+  res.json({ users: [] });
+});
+
+usersRouter.get('/:id', (req, res) => {
+  res.json({ user: { id: req.params.id } });
+});
+
+usersRouter.post('/', (req, res) => {
+  res.status(201).json({ created: true });
+});
+
+// Mount the router
+const app = Lieko();
+app.use('/api/users', usersRouter);
+
+// Now accessible at:
+// GET  /api/users
+// GET  /api/users/:id
+// POST /api/users
+```
+
+### Nested Routers
+
+```javascript
+const apiRouter = Lieko.Router();
+const usersRouter = Lieko.Router();
+const postsRouter = Lieko.Router();
+
+// Users routes
+usersRouter.get('/', (req, res) => res.json({ users: [] }));
+usersRouter.get('/:id', (req, res) => res.json({ user: {} }));
+
+// Posts routes
+postsRouter.get('/', (req, res) => res.json({ posts: [] }));
+postsRouter.get('/:id', (req, res) => res.json({ post: {} }));
+
+// Mount sub-routers on API router
+apiRouter.use('/users', usersRouter);
+apiRouter.use('/posts', postsRouter);
+
+// Mount API router on app
+app.use('/api', apiRouter);
+
+// Available routes:
+// /api/users
+// /api/users/:id
+// /api/posts
+// /api/posts/:id
+```
+
+### Router with Middlewares
+
+```javascript
+const adminRouter = Lieko.Router();
+
+// Middleware for all admin routes
+const adminAuth = (req, res, next) => {
+  if (req.user && req.user.role === 'admin') {
+    next();
+  } else {
+    res.error({ code: 'FORBIDDEN', message: 'Admin access required' });
+  }
+};
+
+adminRouter.get('/dashboard', (req, res) => {
+  res.json({ dashboard: 'data' });
+});
+
+adminRouter.post('/settings', (req, res) => {
+  res.json({ updated: true });
+});
+
+// Mount with middleware
+app.use('/admin', authMiddleware, adminAuth, adminRouter);
+```
+
+### Modular Application Structure
+
+```javascript
+// routes/users.js
+const Lieko = require('lieko-express');
+const router = Lieko.Router();
+
+router.get('/', (req, res) => { /* ... */ });
+router.post('/', (req, res) => { /* ... */ });
+
+module.exports = router;
+
+// routes/posts.js
+const Lieko = require('lieko-express');
+const router = Lieko.Router();
+
+router.get('/', (req, res) => { /* ... */ });
+router.post('/', (req, res) => { /* ... */ });
+
+module.exports = router;
+
+// app.js
+const Lieko = require('lieko-express');
+const usersRouter = require('./routes/users');
+const postsRouter = require('./routes/posts');
+
+const app = Lieko();
+
+app.use('/api/users', usersRouter);
+app.use('/api/posts', postsRouter);
+
+app.listen(3000);
+```
+
+---
+
+## ⚠️ Error Handling
+
+### Custom 404 Handler
+
+```javascript
+app.notFound((req, res) => {
+  res.status(404).json({
+    error: 'Not Found',
+    message: `Route ${req.method} ${req.url} does not exist`,
+    timestamp: new Date().toISOString()
+  });
+});
+```
+
+### Error Response Helper
+
+```javascript
+app.get('/users/:id', (req, res) => {
+  const user = findUser(req.params.id);
+  
+  if (!user) {
+    return res.error({
+      code: 'NOT_FOUND',
+      message: 'User not found'
+    });
+  }
+  
+  res.json({ user });
+});
+```
+
+### Standard Error Codes
+
+The `res.error()` helper automatically maps error codes to HTTP status codes:
+
+```javascript
+// 4xx - Client Errors
+res.error({ code: 'INVALID_REQUEST' });        // 400
+res.error({ code: 'VALIDATION_FAILED' });      // 400
+res.error({ code: 'NO_TOKEN_PROVIDED' });      // 401
+res.error({ code: 'INVALID_TOKEN' });          // 401
+res.error({ code: 'FORBIDDEN' });              // 403
+res.error({ code: 'NOT_FOUND' });              // 404
+res.error({ code: 'METHOD_NOT_ALLOWED' });     // 405
+res.error({ code: 'CONFLICT' });               // 409
+res.error({ code: 'RECORD_EXISTS' });          // 409
+res.error({ code: 'TOO_MANY_REQUESTS' });      // 429
+
+// 5xx - Server Errors
+res.error({ code: 'SERVER_ERROR' });           // 500
+res.error({ code: 'SERVICE_UNAVAILABLE' });    // 503
+
+// Custom status
+res.error({ code: 'CUSTOM_ERROR', status: 418 });
+```
+
+### Error Response Format
+
+```json
+{
+  "success": false,
+  "error": {
+    "code": "NOT_FOUND",
+    "message": "User not found"
+  }
+}
+```
+
+---
+
+## 🔥 Advanced Examples
+
+### Complete REST API
+
+```javascript
+const Lieko = require('lieko-express');
+const { Schema, validators, validate } = require('lieko-express');
+
+const app = Lieko();
+
+// Database (in-memory)
+const db = {
+  users: [
+    { id: 1, name: 'John Doe', email: 'john@example.com' }
+  ]
+};
+
+let nextId = 2;
+
+// Validation schema
+const userSchema = schema({
+  name: [
+    validators.required('Name is required'),
+    validators.minLength(2, 'Name must be at least 2 characters')
+  ],
+  email: [
+    validators.required('Email is required'),
+    validators.email('Invalid email format')
+  ]
+});
+
+// Middlewares
+app.use((req, res, next) => {
+  console.log(`[${new Date().toISOString()}] ${req.method} ${req.url}`);
+  next();
+});
+
+// Routes
+app.get('/api/users', (req, res) => {
+  res.ok(db.users, 'Users retrieved successfully');
+});
+
+app.get('/api/users/:id', (req, res) => {
+  const user = db.users.find(u => u.id === parseInt(req.params.id));
+  
+  if (!user) {
+    return res.error({ code: 'NOT_FOUND', message: 'User not found' });
+  }
+  
+  res.ok(user);
+});
+
+app.post('/api/users', validate(userSchema), (req, res) => {
+  const { name, email } = req.body;
+  
+  // Check if email exists
+  const exists = db.users.some(u => u.email === email);
+  if (exists) {
+    return res.error({
+      code: 'RECORD_EXISTS',
+      message: 'Email already registered'
+    });
+  }
+  
+  const newUser = {
+    id: nextId++,
+    name,
+    email
+  };
+  
+  db.users.push(newUser);
+  res.status(201).ok(newUser, 'User created successfully');
+});
+
+app.put('/api/users/:id', validate(userSchema), (req, res) => {
+  const id = parseInt(req.params.id);
+  const index = db.users.findIndex(u => u.id === id);
+  
+  if (index === -1) {
+    return res.error({ code: 'NOT_FOUND', message: 'User not found' });
+  }
+  
+  db.users[index] = { ...db.users[index], ...req.body, id };
+  res.ok(db.users[index], 'User updated successfully');
+});
+
+app.delete('/api/users/:id', (req, res) => {
+  const id = parseInt(req.params.id);
+  const index = db.users.findIndex(u => u.id === id);
+  
+  if (index === -1) {
+    return res.error({ code: 'NOT_FOUND', message: 'User not found' });
+  }
+  
+  db.users.splice(index, 1);
+  res.ok({ deleted: true }, 'User deleted successfully');
+});
+
+// 404 handler
+app.notFound((req, res) => {
+  res.status(404).json({
+    success: false,
+    error: {
+      code: 'NOT_FOUND',
+      message: `Route ${req.method} ${req.url} not found`
+    }
+  });
+});
+
+app.listen(3000, () => {
+  console.log('🚀 Server running on http://localhost:3000');
+});
+```
+
+### Authentication & Authorization
+
+```javascript
+const Lieko = require('lieko-express');
+const app = Lieko();
+
+// Mock user database
+const users = [
+  { id: 1, username: 'admin', password: 'admin123', role: 'admin' },
+  { id: 2, username: 'user', password: 'user123', role: 'user' }
+];
+
+const sessions = {}; // token -> user
+
+// Auth middleware
+const authMiddleware = (req, res, next) => {
+  const token = req.headers['authorization']?.replace('Bearer ', '');
+  
+  if (!token) {
+    return res.error({
+      code: 'NO_TOKEN_PROVIDED',
+      message: 'Authorization token required'
+    });
+  }
+  
+  const user = sessions[token];
+  
+  if (!user) {
+    return res.error({
+      code: 'INVALID_TOKEN',
+      message: 'Invalid or expired token'
+    });
+  }
+  
+  req.user = user;
+  next();
+};
+
+// Role check middleware
+const requireRole = (...roles) => {
+  return (req, res, next) => {
+    if (!roles.includes(req.user.role)) {
+      return res.error({
+        code: 'FORBIDDEN',
+        message: 'Insufficient permissions'
+      });
+    }
+    next();
+  };
+};
+
+// Login route
+app.post('/auth/login', (req, res) => {
+  const { username, password } = req.body;
+  
+  const user = users.find(u => 
+    u.username === username && u.password === password
+  );
+  
+  if (!user) {
+    return res.error({
+      code: 'INVALID_CREDENTIALS',
+      status: 401,
+      message: 'Invalid username or password'
+    });
+  }
+  
+  // Generate token (in production, use JWT)
+  const token = Math.random().toString(36).substring(7);
+  sessions[token] = { id: user.id, username: user.username, role: user.role };
+  
+  res.ok({
+    token,
+    user: { id: user.id, username: user.username, role: user.role }
+  });
+});
+
+// Protected route
+app.get('/api/profile', authMiddleware, (req, res) => {
+  res.ok({ user: req.user });
+});
+
+// Admin-only route
+app.get('/api/admin/stats', authMiddleware, requireRole('admin'), (req, res) => {
+  res.ok({ totalUsers: users.length, sessions: Object.keys(sessions).length });
+});
+
+// Logout
+app.post('/auth/logout', authMiddleware, (req, res) => {
+  const token = req.headers['authorization']?.replace('Bearer ', '');
+  delete sessions[token];
+  res.ok({ message: 'Logged out successfully' });
+});
+
+app.listen(3000);
+```
+
+### File Upload Handler
+
+```javascript
+const Lieko = require('lieko-express');
+const { writeFileSync } = require('fs');
+const { join } = require('path');
+
+const app = Lieko();
+
+app.post('/upload', (req, res) => {
+  if (!req.files || !req.files.file) {
+    return res.error({
+      code: 'INVALID_REQUEST',
+      message: 'No file uploaded'
+    });
+  }
+  
+  const file = req.files.file;
+  
+  // Validate file type
+  const allowedTypes = ['image/jpeg', 'image/png', 'image/gif'];
+  if (!allowedTypes.includes(file.contentType)) {
+    return res.error({
+      code: 'INVALID_REQUEST',
+      message: 'Only JPEG, PNG and GIF files are allowed'
+    });
+  }
+  
+  // Validate file size (5MB max)
+  const maxSize = 5 * 1024 * 1024;
+  if (file.data.length > maxSize) {
+    return res.error({
+      code: 'INVALID_REQUEST',
+      message: 'File size must not exceed 5MB'
+    });
+  }
+  
+  // Save file
+  const filename = `${Date.now()}-${file.filename}`;
+  const filepath = join(__dirname, 'uploads', filename);
+  
+  writeFileSync(filepath, file.data);
+  
+  res.ok({
+    filename,
+    originalName: file.filename,
+    size: file.data.length,
+    contentType: file.contentType,
+    url: `/uploads/${filename}`
+  }, 'File uploaded successfully');
+});
+
+app.listen(3000);
+```
+
+### Rate Limiting Middleware
+
+```javascript
+const rateLimits = new Map();
+
+const rateLimit = (options = {}) => {
+  const {
+    windowMs = 60000,  // 1 minute
+    maxRequests = 100
+  } = options;
+  
+  return (req, res, next) => {
+    const key = req.ip;
+    const now = Date.now();
+    
+    if (!rateLimits.has(key)) {
+      rateLimits.set(key, { count: 1, resetTime: now + windowMs });
+      return next();
+    }
+    
+    const limit = rateLimits.get(key);
+    
+    if (now > limit.resetTime) {
+      limit.count = 1;
+      limit.resetTime = now + windowMs;
+      return next();
+    }
+    
+    if (limit.count >= maxRequests) {
+      return res.error({
+        code: 'TOO_MANY_REQUESTS',
+        message: 'Rate limit exceeded. Please try again later.'
+      });
+    }
+    
+    limit.count++;
+    next();
+  };
+};
+
+// Usage
+app.use('/api', rateLimit({ windowMs: 60000, maxRequests: 100 }));
+```
+
+### Request Logging Middleware
+
+```javascript
+const requestLogger = (req, res, next) => {
+  const start = Date.now();
+  
+  // Capture original end method
+  const originalEnd = res.end;
+  
+  res.end = function(...args) {
+    const duration = Date.now() - start;
+    
+    console.log({
+      timestamp: new Date().toISOString(),
+      method: req.method,
+      url: req.url,
+      status: res.statusCode,
+      duration: `${duration}ms`,
+      ip: req.ip,
+      userAgent: req.headers['user-agent']
+    });
+    
+    originalEnd.apply(res, args);
+  };
+  
+  next();
+};
+
+app.use(requestLogger);
+```
+
+---
+
+## 🎯 Complete Application Example
+
+See the [examples](./examples) directory for a full-featured application with:
+- User authentication
+- CRUD operations
+- Validation
+- File uploads
+- Nested routers
+- Middleware examples
+- Comprehensive test suite
+
+---
+
+# 📊 Performance Tips (Suite)
+
+1. **Use async middlewares** for I/O operations
+2. **Avoid heavy synchronous operations** inside request handlers
+3. **Minimize deep-nested routers** unless needed
+4. **Reuse validation schemas** instead of re-creating them for each request
+5. **Use reverse proxy headers correctly** (`trust proxy`) when hosting behind Nginx
+6. **Disable console logs in production** or use a real logger with adjustable log levels
+
+---
+
+## Debug & Introspection Tools
+
+Lieko Express comes with powerful built-in development and debugging utilities.
+
+### 🐞 Enable Debug Mode
+
+```js
+const app = Lieko();
+
+// Enable debug mode (never use in production!)
+app.settings.debug = true;
+// or simply
+app.enable('debug')
+```
+
+When `debug` is enabled, Lieko automatically logs every request with a beautiful, color-coded output containing:
+
+- Method + full URL
+- Real client IP (IPv4/IPv6)
+- Status code (color-coded)
+- Ultra-precise response time (µs / ms / s)
+- Route parameters, query string, body, uploaded files
+
+**Example output:**
+```
+DEBUG REQUEST
+→ GET /api/users/42?page=2&active=true
+→ IP: 127.0.0.1
+→ Status: 200
+→ Duration: 1.847ms
+→ Params: {"id":"42"}
+→ Query: {"page":2,"active":true}
+→ Body: {}
+→ Files: 
+---------------------------------------------
+```
+
+**Warning:** Never enable `app.enable('debug')` in production (performance impact + potential sensitive data leak).
+
+### List All Registered Routes
+
+```js
+// Returns an array of route objects — perfect for tests or auto-docs
+const routes = app.listRoutes();
+console.log(routes);
+/*
+[
+  { method: 'GET',    path: '/api/users',         middlewares: 1 },
+  { method: 'POST',   path: '/api/users',         middlewares: 2 },
+  { method: 'GET',    path: '/api/users/:id',     middlewares: 0 },
+  { method: 'DELETE', path: '/api/users/:id',     middlewares: 1 },
+  ...
+]
+*/
+```
+
+Ideal for generating OpenAPI specs, runtime validation, or integration tests.
+
+### Pretty-Print All Routes in Console
+
+```js
+// Display a clean table
+app.printRoutes();
+```
+
+**Sample output:**
+```
+Registered Routes:
+
+GET     /api/users            (middlewares: 1)
+POST    /api/users            (middlewares: 2)
+GET     /api/users/:id        (middlewares: 0)
+DELETE  /api/users/:id        (middlewares: 1)
+PATCH   /api/users/:id        (middlewares: 0)
+ALL     /webhook/*            (middlewares: 0)
+
+```
+
+### Nested (group-based):
+
+```js
+app.printRoutesNested();
+```
+
+Example:
+
+```
+/api   [auth]
+  /api/admin   [auth, requireAdmin]
+    GET   /users
+    POST  /users
+  GET   /profile
+```
+
+Perfect to quickly verify that all your routes and middlewares are correctly registered.
+
+## ⚙️ Application Settings
+
+Lieko Express provides a small but effective settings mechanism.
+
+You can configure:
+
+```js
+app.set('trust proxy', value);
+app.set('debug', boolean);
+app.set('x-powered-by', false);
+app.set('strictTrailingSlash', false);
+app.set('allowTrailingSlash', true);
+```
+
+# 🌐 Trust Proxy & IP Parsing
+
+Lieko improves on Express with a powerful trust proxy system.
+
+### Configure:
+
+```js
+app.set('trust proxy', true);
+```
+
+### Supported values:
+
+* `true` — trust all
+* `"loopback"`
+* `"127.0.0.1"`
+* `["10.0.0.1", "10.0.0.2"]`
+* custom function `(ip) => boolean`
+
+### Provided fields:
+
+```js
+req.ip.raw
+req.ip.ipv4
+req.ip.ipv6
+req.ips  // full proxy chain
+```
+
+Lieko correctly handles:
+
+* IPv6
+* IPv4-mapped IPv6 (`::ffff:127.0.0.1`)
+* Multi-proxy headers
+
+---
+
+## 🧩 Internals & Architecture
+
+This section describes how Lieko Express works under the hood.
+
+### Request Lifecycle
+
+1. Enhance request object (IP parsing, protocol, host…)
+2. Parse query string
+3. Parse body (`json`, `urlencoded`, `multipart/form-data`, or text)
+4. Apply **global middlewares**
+5. Match route using regex-based router
+6. Apply **route middlewares**
+7. Execute route handler
+8. Apply 404 handler if no route matched
+9. Send error responses using the built-in error system
+
+### Router Internals
+
+Routes are converted to regular expressions:
+
+```txt
+/users/:id  →  ^/users/(?<id>[^/]+)$
+/files/*    →  ^/files/.*$
+```
+
+This allows:
+
+* Named parameters
+* Wildcards
+* Fast matching
+
+
+---
+
+## 🧱 Extending Lieko Express
+
+Because the framework is intentionally small, you can easily extend it.
+
+### Custom Response Helpers
+
+```js
+app.use((req, res, next) => {
+  res.created = (data) => {
+    res.status(201).json({ success: true, data });
+  };
+  next();
+});
+```
+
+### Custom Middlewares
+
+```js
+const timing = (req, res, next) => {
+  const start = Date.now();
+  res.end = ((original) => (...args) => {
+    console.log(`⏱️ ${req.method} ${req.url} took ${Date.now() - start}ms`);
+    original(...args);
+  })(res.end);
+  next();
+};
+
+app.use(timing);
+```
+
+---
+
+# 🔌 Plugins
+
+A plugin is simply a function receiving `app`:
+
+```js
+function myPlugin(app) {
+  app.get('/plugin-test', (req, res) => res.ok("OK"));
+}
+
+myPlugin(app);
+```
+---
+
+## 🚀 Deploying Lieko Express
+
+### Node.js (PM2)
+
+```bash
+pm2 start app.js
+```
+
+## 📦 API Reference
+
+### `Lieko()`
+
+Creates a new application instance.
+
+### `Lieko.Router()`
+
+Creates a modular router (internally: a Lieko app).
+
+### `app.use(...)`
+
+Supported patterns:
+
+| Signature                         | Description              |
+| --------------------------------- | ------------------------ |
+| `app.use(fn)`                     | Global middleware        |
+| `app.use(path, fn)`               | Path-filtered middleware |
+| `app.use(path, router)`           | Mount router             |
+| `app.use(path, mw1, mw2, router)` | Mix middlewares + router |
+
+### `app.get/post/put/delete/patch/all(path, ...handlers)`
+
+Registers routes with optional middlewares.
+
+### `app.notFound(handler)`
+
+Custom 404 callback.
+
+```js
+app.notFound((req, res) => {
+  res.error({
+    code: "NOT_FOUND",
+    message: `Route "${req.method} ${req.originalUrl}" does not exist`
+  });
+});
+
+// With logging
+app.notFound((req, res) => {
+  console.warn(`404: ${req.method} ${req.originalUrl}`);
+  res.error("ROUTE_NOT_FOUND");
+});
+
+// With HTML Response
+app.notFound((req, res) => {
+  res.status(404).send("<h1>Page Not Found</h1>");
+});
+```
+
+### `app.errorHandler(handler)`
+
+Register a custom 500 handler.
+
+---
+
+## 🔍 Known Limitations
+
+Because Lieko Express is minimalistic:
+
+* No template engine
+* No streaming uploads for multipart/form-data (parsed in memory)
+* No built-in cookies/sessions
+* No WebSocket support yet
+* Routers cannot have their own `notFound` handler (inherited from parent)
+
+Future versions may address some of these.
+
+---
+
+## 🤝 Contributing
+
+Contributions are welcome!
+
+1. Fork the repository
+2. Create a feature branch
+3. Commit your changes
+4. Open a pull request
+
+---
+
+## 📄 License
+
+MIT License — free to use in personal and commercial projects.