Move to fasthttp for improved performance

2017-02-02 13:40:28 +01:00
parent ace2fded7e
commit 85e6dc7e5e
26 changed files with 448 additions and 380 deletions
--- a/app/internals/status.go
+++ b/app/internals/status.go
@@ -1,17 +1,11 @@
 // Package internals has methods that suit none of the API packages.
 package internals

-import (
-	"github.com/gin-gonic/gin"
-)
+import "github.com/valyala/fasthttp"

-type statusResponse struct {
-	Status int `json:"status"`
-}
+var statusResp = []byte(`{ "status": 1 }`)

 // Status is used for checking the API is up by the ripple website, on the status page.
-func Status(c *gin.Context) {
-	c.JSON(200, statusResponse{
-		Status: 1,
-	})
+func Status(c *fasthttp.RequestCtx) {
+	c.Write(statusResp)
 }
--- a/app/method.go
+++ b/app/method.go
@@ -1,54 +1,43 @@
 package app

 import (
-	"crypto/md5"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
-	"io/ioutil"
-	"net"
 	"regexp"
-	"strings"
+	"unsafe"

+	"github.com/valyala/fasthttp"
 	"zxq.co/ripple/rippleapi/common"
-	"github.com/gin-gonic/gin"
 )

 // Method wraps an API method to a HandlerFunc.
-func Method(f func(md common.MethodData) common.CodeMessager, privilegesNeeded ...int) gin.HandlerFunc {
-	return func(c *gin.Context) {
+func Method(f func(md common.MethodData) common.CodeMessager, privilegesNeeded ...int) fasthttp.RequestHandler {
+	return func(c *fasthttp.RequestCtx) {
 		initialCaretaker(c, f, privilegesNeeded...)
 	}
 }

-func initialCaretaker(c *gin.Context, f func(md common.MethodData) common.CodeMessager, privilegesNeeded ...int) {
-	rateLimiter()
-
+func initialCaretaker(c *fasthttp.RequestCtx, f func(md common.MethodData) common.CodeMessager, privilegesNeeded ...int) {
 	var doggoTags []string

-	data, err := ioutil.ReadAll(c.Request.Body)
-	if err != nil {
-		c.Error(err)
-	}
-
-	token := ""
+	qa := c.Request.URI().QueryArgs()
+	var token string
 	switch {
-	case c.Request.Header.Get("X-Ripple-Token") != "":
-		token = c.Request.Header.Get("X-Ripple-Token")
-	case c.Query("token") != "":
-		token = c.Query("token")
-	case c.Query("k") != "":
-		token = c.Query("k")
+	case len(c.Request.Header.Peek("X-Ripple-Token")) > 0:
+		token = string(c.Request.Header.Peek("X-Ripple-Token"))
+	case len(qa.Peek("token")) > 0:
+		token = string(qa.Peek("token"))
+	case len(qa.Peek("k")) > 0:
+		token = string(qa.Peek("k"))
 	default:
-		token, _ = c.Cookie("rt")
+		token = string(c.Request.Header.Cookie("rt"))
 	}
-	c.Set("token", fmt.Sprintf("%x", md5.Sum([]byte(token))))

 	md := common.MethodData{
-		DB:          db,
-		RequestData: data,
-		C:           c,
-		Doggo:       doggo,
-		R:           red,
+		DB:    db,
+		Ctx:   c,
+		Doggo: doggo,
+		R:     red,
 	}
 	if token != "" {
 		tokenReal, exists := GetTokenFull(token, db)
@@ -58,25 +47,8 @@ func initialCaretaker(c *gin.Context, f func(md common.MethodData) common.CodeMe
 		}
 	}

-	var ip string
-	if requestIP, _, err := net.SplitHostPort(strings.TrimSpace(c.Request.RemoteAddr)); err != nil {
-		panic(err)
-	} else {
-		// if requestIP is not 127.0.0.1, means no reverse proxy is being used => direct request.
-		if requestIP != "127.0.0.1" {
-			ip = requestIP
-		}
-	}
-
-	// means we're using reverse-proxy, so X-Real-IP
-	if ip == "" {
-		ip = c.ClientIP()
-	}
-
-	// requests from hanayo should not be rate limited.
-	if !(c.Request.Header.Get("H-Key") == cf.HanayoKey && c.Request.UserAgent() == "hanayo") {
-		perUserRequestLimiter(md.ID(), c.ClientIP())
-	} else {
+	// log into datadog that this is an hanayo request
+	if b2s(c.Request.Header.Peek("H-Key")) == cf.HanayoKey && b2s(c.UserAgent()) == "hanayo" {
 		doggoTags = append(doggoTags, "hanayo")
 	}

@@ -89,21 +61,22 @@ func initialCaretaker(c *gin.Context, f func(md common.MethodData) common.CodeMe
 		}
 	}
 	if missingPrivileges != 0 {
-		c.IndentedJSON(401, common.SimpleResponse(401, "You don't have the privilege(s): "+common.Privileges(missingPrivileges).String()+"."))
+		c.SetStatusCode(401)
+		mkjson(c, common.SimpleResponse(401, "You don't have the privilege(s): "+common.Privileges(missingPrivileges).String()+"."))
 		return
 	}

 	resp := f(md)
 	if md.HasQuery("pls200") {
-		c.Writer.WriteHeader(200)
+		c.SetStatusCode(200)
 	} else {
-		c.Writer.WriteHeader(resp.GetCode())
+		c.SetStatusCode(resp.GetCode())
 	}

 	if md.HasQuery("callback") {
-		c.Header("Content-Type", "application/javascript; charset=utf-8")
+		c.Response.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/javascript; charset=utf-8")
 	} else {
-		c.Header("Content-Type", "application/json; charset=utf-8")
+		c.Response.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json; charset=utf-8")
 	}

 	mkjson(c, resp)
@@ -113,22 +86,31 @@ func initialCaretaker(c *gin.Context, f func(md common.MethodData) common.CodeMe
 var callbackJSONP = regexp.MustCompile(`^[a-zA-Z_\$][a-zA-Z0-9_\$]*$`)

 // mkjson auto indents json, and wraps json into a jsonp callback if specified by the request.
-// then writes to the gin.Context the data.
-func mkjson(c *gin.Context, data interface{}) {
+// then writes to the RequestCtx the data.
+func mkjson(c *fasthttp.RequestCtx, data interface{}) {
 	exported, err := json.MarshalIndent(data, "", "\t")
 	if err != nil {
-		c.Error(err)
+		fmt.Println(err)
 		exported = []byte(`{ "code": 500, "message": "something has gone really really really really really really wrong." }`)
 	}
-	cb := c.Query("callback")
+	cb := string(c.URI().QueryArgs().Peek("callback"))
 	willcb := cb != "" &&
 		len(cb) < 100 &&
 		callbackJSONP.MatchString(cb)
 	if willcb {
-		c.Writer.Write([]byte("/**/ typeof " + cb + " === 'function' && " + cb + "("))
+		c.Write([]byte("/**/ typeof " + cb + " === 'function' && " + cb + "("))
 	}
-	c.Writer.Write(exported)
+	c.Write(exported)
 	if willcb {
-		c.Writer.Write([]byte(");"))
+		c.Write([]byte(");"))
 	}
 }
+
+// b2s converts byte slice to a string without memory allocation.
+// See https://groups.google.com/forum/#!msg/Golang-Nuts/ENgbUzYvCuU/90yGx7GUAgAJ .
+//
+// Note it may break if string and/or slice header will change
+// in the future go versions.
+func b2s(b []byte) string {
+	return *(*string)(unsafe.Pointer(&b))
+}
--- a/app/peppy/beatmap.go
+++ b/app/peppy/beatmap.go
@@ -4,32 +4,32 @@ import (
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"

-	"zxq.co/ripple/rippleapi/common"
-	"github.com/gin-gonic/gin"
 	"github.com/jmoiron/sqlx"
 	"github.com/thehowl/go-osuapi"
+	"github.com/valyala/fasthttp"
+	"zxq.co/ripple/rippleapi/common"
 )

 // GetBeatmap retrieves general beatmap information.
-func GetBeatmap(c *gin.Context, db *sqlx.DB) {
+func GetBeatmap(c *fasthttp.RequestCtx, db *sqlx.DB) {
 	var whereClauses []string
 	var params []interface{}
-	limit := strconv.Itoa(common.InString(1, c.Query("limit"), 500, 500))
+	limit := strconv.Itoa(common.InString(1, query(c, "limit"), 500, 500))

 	// since value is not stored, silently ignore
-	if c.Query("s") != "" {
+	if query(c, "s") != "" {
 		whereClauses = append(whereClauses, "beatmaps.beatmapset_id = ?")
-		params = append(params, c.Query("s"))
+		params = append(params, query(c, "s"))
 	}
-	if c.Query("b") != "" {
+	if query(c, "b") != "" {
 		whereClauses = append(whereClauses, "beatmaps.beatmap_id = ?")
-		params = append(params, c.Query("b"))
+		params = append(params, query(c, "b"))
 		// b is unique, so change limit to 1
 		limit = "1"
 	}
 	// creator is not stored, silently ignore u and type
-	if c.Query("m") != "" {
-		m := genmode(c.Query("m"))
+	if query(c, "m") != "" {
+		m := genmode(query(c, "m"))
 		if m == "std" {
 			// Since STD beatmaps are converted, all of the diffs must be != 0
 			for _, i := range modes {
@@ -37,14 +37,14 @@ func GetBeatmap(c *gin.Context, db *sqlx.DB) {
 			}
 		} else {
 			whereClauses = append(whereClauses, "beatmaps.difficulty_"+m+" != 0")
-			if c.Query("a") == "1" {
+			if query(c, "a") == "1" {
 				whereClauses = append(whereClauses, "beatmaps.difficulty_std = 0")
 			}
 		}
 	}
-	if c.Query("h") != "" {
+	if query(c, "h") != "" {
 		whereClauses = append(whereClauses, "beatmaps.beatmap_md5 = ?")
-		params = append(params, c.Query("h"))
+		params = append(params, query(c, "h"))
 	}

 	where := strings.Join(whereClauses, " AND ")
@@ -61,8 +61,8 @@ func GetBeatmap(c *gin.Context, db *sqlx.DB) {
 FROM beatmaps `+where+" ORDER BY id DESC LIMIT "+limit,
 		params...)
 	if err != nil {
-		c.Error(err)
-		c.JSON(200, defaultResponse)
+		common.Err(c, err)
+		json(c, 200, defaultResponse)
 		return
 	}

@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ FROM beatmaps `+where+" ORDER BY id DESC LIMIT "+limit,
 			&rawLastUpdate,
 		)
 		if err != nil {
-			c.Error(err)
+			common.Err(c, err)
 			continue
 		}
 		bm.TotalLength = bm.HitLength
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ FROM beatmaps `+where+" ORDER BY id DESC LIMIT "+limit,
 		bms = append(bms, bm)
 	}

-	c.JSON(200, bms)
+	json(c, 200, bms)
 }

 var rippleToOsuRankedStatus = map[int]osuapi.ApprovedStatus{
--- a/app/peppy/common.go
+++ b/app/peppy/common.go
@@ -2,12 +2,12 @@ package peppy

 import (
 	"database/sql"
+	_json "encoding/json"
 	"strconv"

-	"zxq.co/ripple/rippleapi/common"
-
-	"github.com/gin-gonic/gin"
 	"github.com/jmoiron/sqlx"
+	"github.com/valyala/fasthttp"
+	"zxq.co/ripple/rippleapi/common"
 )

 var modes = []string{"std", "taiko", "ctb", "mania"}
@@ -30,25 +30,25 @@ func rankable(m string) bool {
 	return x == 0 || x == 3
 }

-func genUser(c *gin.Context, db *sqlx.DB) (string, string) {
+func genUser(c *fasthttp.RequestCtx, db *sqlx.DB) (string, string) {
 	var whereClause string
 	var p string

 	// used in second case of switch
-	s, err := strconv.Atoi(c.Query("u"))
+	s, err := strconv.Atoi(query(c, "u"))

 	switch {
 	// We know for sure that it's an username.
-	case c.Query("type") == "string":
+	case query(c, "type") == "string":
 		whereClause = "users.username_safe = ?"
-		p = common.SafeUsername(c.Query("u"))
+		p = common.SafeUsername(query(c, "u"))
 	// It could be an user ID, so we look for an user with that username first.
 	case err == nil:
 		err = db.QueryRow("SELECT id FROM users WHERE id = ? LIMIT 1", s).Scan(&p)
 		if err == sql.ErrNoRows {
 			// If no user with that userID were found, assume username.
 			whereClause = "users.username_safe = ?"
-			p = common.SafeUsername(c.Query("u"))
+			p = common.SafeUsername(query(c, "u"))
 		} else {
 			// An user with that userID was found. Thus it's an userID.
 			whereClause = "users.id = ?"
@@ -56,7 +56,20 @@ func genUser(c *gin.Context, db *sqlx.DB) (string, string) {
 	// u contains letters, so it's an username.
 	default:
 		whereClause = "users.username_safe = ?"
-		p = common.SafeUsername(c.Query("u"))
+		p = common.SafeUsername(query(c, "u"))
 	}
 	return whereClause, p
 }
+
+func query(c *fasthttp.RequestCtx, s string) string {
+	return string(c.QueryArgs().Peek(s))
+}
+
+func json(c *fasthttp.RequestCtx, code int, data interface{}) {
+	c.SetStatusCode(code)
+	d, err := _json.Marshal(data)
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+	c.Write(d)
+}
--- a/app/peppy/match.go
+++ b/app/peppy/match.go
@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@
 package peppy

 import (
-	"github.com/gin-gonic/gin"
 	"github.com/jmoiron/sqlx"
+	"github.com/valyala/fasthttp"
 )

 // GetMatch retrieves general match information.
-func GetMatch(c *gin.Context, db *sqlx.DB) {
-	c.JSON(200, defaultResponse)
+func GetMatch(c *fasthttp.RequestCtx, db *sqlx.DB) {
+	json(c, 200, defaultResponse)
 }
--- a/app/peppy/score.go
+++ b/app/peppy/score.go
@@ -7,43 +7,43 @@ import (

 	"zxq.co/ripple/rippleapi/common"

-	"zxq.co/x/getrank"
-	"github.com/gin-gonic/gin"
 	"github.com/jmoiron/sqlx"
+	"github.com/valyala/fasthttp"
 	"gopkg.in/thehowl/go-osuapi.v1"
+	"zxq.co/x/getrank"
 )

 // GetScores retrieve information about the top 100 scores of a specified beatmap.
-func GetScores(c *gin.Context, db *sqlx.DB) {
-	if c.Query("b") == "" {
-		c.JSON(200, defaultResponse)
+func GetScores(c *fasthttp.RequestCtx, db *sqlx.DB) {
+	if query(c, "b") == "" {
+		json(c, 200, defaultResponse)
 		return
 	}
 	var beatmapMD5 string
-	err := db.Get(&beatmapMD5, "SELECT beatmap_md5 FROM beatmaps WHERE beatmap_id = ? LIMIT 1", c.Query("b"))
+	err := db.Get(&beatmapMD5, "SELECT beatmap_md5 FROM beatmaps WHERE beatmap_id = ? LIMIT 1", query(c, "b"))
 	switch {
 	case err == sql.ErrNoRows:
-		c.JSON(200, defaultResponse)
+		json(c, 200, defaultResponse)
 		return
 	case err != nil:
-		c.Error(err)
-		c.JSON(200, defaultResponse)
+		common.Err(c, err)
+		json(c, 200, defaultResponse)
 		return
 	}
 	var sb = "scores.score"
-	if rankable(c.Query("m")) {
+	if rankable(query(c, "m")) {
 		sb = "scores.pp"
 	}
 	var (
 		extraWhere  string
 		extraParams []interface{}
 	)
-	if c.Query("u") != "" {
+	if query(c, "u") != "" {
 		w, p := genUser(c, db)
 		extraWhere = "AND " + w
 		extraParams = append(extraParams, p)
 	}
-	mods := common.Int(c.Query("mods"))
+	mods := common.Int(query(c, "mods"))
 	rows, err := db.Query(`
 SELECT
 	scores.id, scores.score, users.username, scores.300_count, scores.100_count,
@@ -58,11 +58,11 @@ WHERE scores.completed = '3'
  AND scores.play_mode = ?
  AND scores.mods & ? = ?
  `+extraWhere+`
-ORDER BY `+sb+` DESC LIMIT `+strconv.Itoa(common.InString(1, c.Query("limit"), 100, 50)),
-		append([]interface{}{beatmapMD5, genmodei(c.Query("m")), mods, mods}, extraParams...)...)
+ORDER BY `+sb+` DESC LIMIT `+strconv.Itoa(common.InString(1, query(c, "limit"), 100, 50)),
+		append([]interface{}{beatmapMD5, genmodei(query(c, "m")), mods, mods}, extraParams...)...)
 	if err != nil {
-		c.Error(err)
-		c.JSON(200, defaultResponse)
+		common.Err(c, err)
+		json(c, 200, defaultResponse)
 		return
 	}
 	var results []osuapi.GSScore
@@ -82,17 +82,17 @@ ORDER BY `+sb+` DESC LIMIT `+strconv.Itoa(common.InString(1, c.Query("limit"), 1
 		)
 		if err != nil {
 			if err != sql.ErrNoRows {
-				c.Error(err)
+				common.Err(c, err)
 			}
 			continue
 		}
 		s.FullCombo = osuapi.OsuBool(fullcombo)
 		s.Mods = osuapi.Mods(mods)
 		s.Date = osuapi.MySQLDate(date)
-		s.Rank = strings.ToUpper(getrank.GetRank(osuapi.Mode(genmodei(c.Query("m"))), s.Mods,
+		s.Rank = strings.ToUpper(getrank.GetRank(osuapi.Mode(genmodei(query(c, "m"))), s.Mods,
 			accuracy, s.Count300, s.Count100, s.Count50, s.CountMiss))
 		results = append(results, s)
 	}
-	c.JSON(200, results)
+	json(c, 200, results)
 	return
 }
--- a/app/peppy/user.go
+++ b/app/peppy/user.go
@@ -5,23 +5,24 @@ import (
 	"database/sql"
 	"fmt"

-	"zxq.co/ripple/ocl"
-	"github.com/gin-gonic/gin"
 	"github.com/jmoiron/sqlx"
 	"github.com/thehowl/go-osuapi"
+	"github.com/valyala/fasthttp"
+	"zxq.co/ripple/ocl"
+	"zxq.co/ripple/rippleapi/common"
 )

 // GetUser retrieves general user information.
-func GetUser(c *gin.Context, db *sqlx.DB) {
-	if c.Query("u") == "" {
-		c.JSON(200, defaultResponse)
+func GetUser(c *fasthttp.RequestCtx, db *sqlx.DB) {
+	if query(c, "u") == "" {
+		json(c, 200, defaultResponse)
 		return
 	}
 	var user osuapi.User
 	whereClause, p := genUser(c, db)
 	whereClause = "WHERE " + whereClause

-	mode := genmode(c.Query("m"))
+	mode := genmode(query(c, "m"))

 	var lbpos *int
 	err := db.QueryRow(fmt.Sprintf(
@@ -43,9 +44,9 @@ func GetUser(c *gin.Context, db *sqlx.DB) {
 		&user.Country,
 	)
 	if err != nil {
-		c.JSON(200, defaultResponse)
+		json(c, 200, defaultResponse)
 		if err != sql.ErrNoRows {
-			c.Error(err)
+			common.Err(c, err)
 		}
 		return
 	}
@@ -54,5 +55,5 @@ func GetUser(c *gin.Context, db *sqlx.DB) {
 	}
 	user.Level = ocl.GetLevelPrecise(user.TotalScore)

-	c.JSON(200, []osuapi.User{user})
+	json(c, 200, []osuapi.User{user})
 }
--- a/app/peppy/user_x.go
+++ b/app/peppy/user_x.go
@@ -4,32 +4,32 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"strings"

+	"github.com/jmoiron/sqlx"
+	"github.com/valyala/fasthttp"
+	"gopkg.in/thehowl/go-osuapi.v1"
 	"zxq.co/ripple/rippleapi/common"
 	"zxq.co/x/getrank"
-	"github.com/gin-gonic/gin"
-	"github.com/jmoiron/sqlx"
-	"gopkg.in/thehowl/go-osuapi.v1"
 )

 // GetUserRecent retrieves an user's recent scores.
-func GetUserRecent(c *gin.Context, db *sqlx.DB) {
-	getUserX(c, db, "ORDER BY scores.time DESC", common.InString(1, c.Query("limit"), 50, 10))
+func GetUserRecent(c *fasthttp.RequestCtx, db *sqlx.DB) {
+	getUserX(c, db, "ORDER BY scores.time DESC", common.InString(1, query(c, "limit"), 50, 10))
 }

 // GetUserBest retrieves an user's best scores.
-func GetUserBest(c *gin.Context, db *sqlx.DB) {
+func GetUserBest(c *fasthttp.RequestCtx, db *sqlx.DB) {
 	var sb string
-	if rankable(c.Query("m")) {
+	if rankable(query(c, "m")) {
 		sb = "scores.pp"
 	} else {
 		sb = "scores.score"
 	}
-	getUserX(c, db, "AND completed = '3' ORDER BY "+sb+" DESC", common.InString(1, c.Query("limit"), 100, 10))
+	getUserX(c, db, "AND completed = '3' ORDER BY "+sb+" DESC", common.InString(1, query(c, "limit"), 100, 10))
 }

-func getUserX(c *gin.Context, db *sqlx.DB, orderBy string, limit int) {
+func getUserX(c *fasthttp.RequestCtx, db *sqlx.DB, orderBy string, limit int) {
 	whereClause, p := genUser(c, db)
-	query := fmt.Sprintf(
+	sqlQuery := fmt.Sprintf(
 		`SELECT
 			beatmaps.beatmap_id, scores.score, scores.max_combo,
 			scores.300_count, scores.100_count, scores.50_count,
@@ -44,11 +44,11 @@ func getUserX(c *gin.Context, db *sqlx.DB, orderBy string, limit int) {
 		LIMIT %d`, whereClause, orderBy, limit,
 	)
 	scores := make([]osuapi.GUSScore, 0, limit)
-	m := genmodei(c.Query("m"))
-	rows, err := db.Query(query, p, m)
+	m := genmodei(query(c, "m"))
+	rows, err := db.Query(sqlQuery, p, m)
 	if err != nil {
-		c.JSON(200, defaultResponse)
-		c.Error(err)
+		json(c, 200, defaultResponse)
+		common.Err(c, err)
 		return
 	}
 	for rows.Next() {
@@ -68,8 +68,8 @@ func getUserX(c *gin.Context, db *sqlx.DB, orderBy string, limit int) {
 			&curscore.PP, &acc,
 		)
 		if err != nil {
-			c.JSON(200, defaultResponse)
-			c.Error(err)
+			json(c, 200, defaultResponse)
+			common.Err(c, err)
 			return
 		}
 		if bid == nil {
@@ -91,5 +91,5 @@ func getUserX(c *gin.Context, db *sqlx.DB, orderBy string, limit int) {
 		))
 		scores = append(scores, curscore)
 	}
-	c.JSON(200, scores)
+	json(c, 200, scores)
 }
--- a/app/peppy_method.go
+++ b/app/peppy_method.go
@@ -1,16 +1,13 @@
 package app

 import (
-	"github.com/gin-gonic/gin"
 	"github.com/jmoiron/sqlx"
+	"github.com/valyala/fasthttp"
 )

 // PeppyMethod generates a method for the peppyapi
-func PeppyMethod(a func(c *gin.Context, db *sqlx.DB)) gin.HandlerFunc {
-	return func(c *gin.Context) {
-		rateLimiter()
-		perUserRequestLimiter(0, c.ClientIP())
-
+func PeppyMethod(a func(c *fasthttp.RequestCtx, db *sqlx.DB)) fasthttp.RequestHandler {
+	return func(c *fasthttp.RequestCtx) {
 		doggo.Incr("requests.peppy", nil, 1)

 		// I have no idea how, but I manged to accidentally string the first 4
--- a/app/rate_limiter.go
+++ b/app/rate_limiter.go
@@ -1,36 +0,0 @@
-package app
-
-import (
-	"strconv"
-	"time"
-
-	"zxq.co/ripple/rippleapi/limit"
-)
-
-const reqsPerSecond = 5000
-const sleepTime = time.Second / reqsPerSecond
-
-var limiter = make(chan struct{}, reqsPerSecond)
-
-func setUpLimiter() {
-	for i := 0; i < reqsPerSecond; i++ {
-		limiter <- struct{}{}
-	}
-	go func() {
-		for {
-			limiter <- struct{}{}
-			time.Sleep(sleepTime)
-		}
-	}()
-}
-
-func rateLimiter() {
-	<-limiter
-}
-func perUserRequestLimiter(uid int, ip string) {
-	if uid == 0 {
-		limit.Request("ip:"+ip, 200)
-	} else {
-		limit.Request("user:"+strconv.Itoa(uid), 3000)
-	}
-}
--- a/app/start.go
+++ b/app/start.go
@@ -4,9 +4,8 @@ import (
 	"fmt"

 	"github.com/DataDog/datadog-go/statsd"
+	fhr "github.com/buaazp/fasthttprouter"
 	"github.com/getsentry/raven-go"
-	"github.com/gin-gonic/contrib/gzip"
-	"github.com/gin-gonic/gin"
 	"github.com/jmoiron/sqlx"
 	"github.com/serenize/snaker"
 	"gopkg.in/redis.v5"
@@ -29,7 +28,7 @@ var commonClusterfucks = map[string]string{
 }

 // Start begins taking HTTP connections.
-func Start(conf common.Conf, dbO *sqlx.DB) *gin.Engine {
+func Start(conf common.Conf, dbO *sqlx.DB) *fhr.Router {
 	db = dbO
 	cf = conf

@@ -40,10 +39,10 @@ func Start(conf common.Conf, dbO *sqlx.DB) *gin.Engine {
 		return snaker.CamelToSnake(s)
 	})

-	setUpLimiter()
-
-	r := gin.Default()
-	r.Use(gzip.Gzip(gzip.DefaultCompression))
+	r := fhr.New()
+	// TODO: add back gzip
+	// TODO: add logging
+	// TODO: add sentry panic recovering

 	// sentry
 	if conf.SentryDSN != "" {
@@ -52,7 +51,8 @@ func Start(conf common.Conf, dbO *sqlx.DB) *gin.Engine {
 		if err != nil {
 			fmt.Println(err)
 		} else {
-			r.Use(Recovery(ravenClient, false))
+			// r.Use(Recovery(ravenClient, false))
+			common.RavenClient = ravenClient
 		}
 	}

@@ -63,9 +63,9 @@ func Start(conf common.Conf, dbO *sqlx.DB) *gin.Engine {
 		fmt.Println(err)
 	}
 	doggo.Namespace = "api."
-	r.Use(func(c *gin.Context) {
-		doggo.Incr("requests", nil, 1)
-	})
+	// r.Use(func(c *gin.Context) {
+	// 	doggo.Incr("requests", nil, 1)
+	// })

 	// redis
 	red = redis.NewClient(&redis.Options{
@@ -77,94 +77,93 @@ func Start(conf common.Conf, dbO *sqlx.DB) *gin.Engine {
 	// token updater
 	go tokenUpdater(db)

-	api := r.Group("/api")
+	// peppyapi
 	{
-		p := api.Group("/")
-		{
-			p.GET("/get_user", PeppyMethod(peppy.GetUser))
-			p.GET("/get_match", PeppyMethod(peppy.GetMatch))
-			p.GET("/get_user_recent", PeppyMethod(peppy.GetUserRecent))
-			p.GET("/get_user_best", PeppyMethod(peppy.GetUserBest))
-			p.GET("/get_scores", PeppyMethod(peppy.GetScores))
-			p.GET("/get_beatmaps", PeppyMethod(peppy.GetBeatmap))
-		}
-
-		gv1 := api.Group("/v1")
-		{
-			gv1.POST("/tokens", Method(v1.TokenNewPOST))
-			gv1.POST("/tokens/new", Method(v1.TokenNewPOST))
-			gv1.POST("/tokens/self/delete", Method(v1.TokenSelfDeletePOST))
-
-			// Auth-free API endpoints (public data)
-			gv1.GET("/ping", Method(v1.PingGET))
-			gv1.GET("/surprise_me", Method(v1.SurpriseMeGET))
-			gv1.GET("/doc", Method(v1.DocGET))
-			gv1.GET("/doc/content", Method(v1.DocContentGET))
-			gv1.GET("/doc/rules", Method(v1.DocRulesGET))
-			gv1.GET("/users", Method(v1.UsersGET))
-			gv1.GET("/users/whatid", Method(v1.UserWhatsTheIDGET))
-			gv1.GET("/users/full", Method(v1.UserFullGET))
-			gv1.GET("/users/userpage", Method(v1.UserUserpageGET))
-			gv1.GET("/users/lookup", Method(v1.UserLookupGET))
-			gv1.GET("/users/scores/best", Method(v1.UserScoresBestGET))
-			gv1.GET("/users/scores/recent", Method(v1.UserScoresRecentGET))
-			gv1.GET("/badges", Method(v1.BadgesGET))
-			gv1.GET("/beatmaps", Method(v1.BeatmapGET))
-			gv1.GET("/leaderboard", Method(v1.LeaderboardGET))
-			gv1.GET("/tokens", Method(v1.TokenGET))
-			gv1.GET("/users/self", Method(v1.UserSelfGET))
-			gv1.GET("/tokens/self", Method(v1.TokenSelfGET))
-			gv1.GET("/blog/posts", Method(v1.BlogPostsGET))
-			gv1.GET("/scores", Method(v1.ScoresGET))
-			gv1.GET("/beatmaps/rank_requests/status", Method(v1.BeatmapRankRequestsStatusGET))
-
-			// ReadConfidential privilege required
-			gv1.GET("/friends", Method(v1.FriendsGET, common.PrivilegeReadConfidential))
-			gv1.GET("/friends/with", Method(v1.FriendsWithGET, common.PrivilegeReadConfidential))
-			gv1.GET("/users/self/donor_info", Method(v1.UsersSelfDonorInfoGET, common.PrivilegeReadConfidential))
-			gv1.GET("/users/self/favourite_mode", Method(v1.UsersSelfFavouriteModeGET, common.PrivilegeReadConfidential))
-			gv1.GET("/users/self/settings", Method(v1.UsersSelfSettingsGET, common.PrivilegeReadConfidential))
-
-			// Write privilege required
-			gv1.POST("/friends/add", Method(v1.FriendsAddPOST, common.PrivilegeWrite))
-			gv1.POST("/friends/del", Method(v1.FriendsDelPOST, common.PrivilegeWrite))
-			gv1.POST("/users/self/settings", Method(v1.UsersSelfSettingsPOST, common.PrivilegeWrite))
-			gv1.POST("/users/self/userpage", Method(v1.UserSelfUserpagePOST, common.PrivilegeWrite))
-			gv1.POST("/beatmaps/rank_requests", Method(v1.BeatmapRankRequestsSubmitPOST, common.PrivilegeWrite))
-
-			// Admin: beatmap
-			gv1.POST("/beatmaps/set_status", Method(v1.BeatmapSetStatusPOST, common.PrivilegeBeatmap))
-			gv1.GET("/beatmaps/ranked_frozen_full", Method(v1.BeatmapRankedFrozenFullGET, common.PrivilegeBeatmap))
-
-			// Admin: user managing
-			gv1.POST("/users/manage/set_allowed", Method(v1.UserManageSetAllowedPOST, common.PrivilegeManageUser))
-
-			// M E T A
-			// E     T    "wow thats so meta"
-			// T     E                  -- the one who said "wow thats so meta"
-			// A T E M
-			gv1.GET("/meta/restart", Method(v1.MetaRestartGET, common.PrivilegeAPIMeta))
-			gv1.GET("/meta/kill", Method(v1.MetaKillGET, common.PrivilegeAPIMeta))
-			gv1.GET("/meta/up_since", Method(v1.MetaUpSinceGET, common.PrivilegeAPIMeta))
-			gv1.GET("/meta/update", Method(v1.MetaUpdateGET, common.PrivilegeAPIMeta))
-
-			// User Managing + meta
-			gv1.POST("/tokens/fix_privileges", Method(v1.TokenFixPrivilegesPOST,
-				common.PrivilegeManageUser, common.PrivilegeAPIMeta))
-
-			// in the new osu-web, the old endpoints are also in /v1 it seems. So /shrug
-			gv1.GET("/get_user", PeppyMethod(peppy.GetUser))
-			gv1.GET("/get_match", PeppyMethod(peppy.GetMatch))
-			gv1.GET("/get_user_recent", PeppyMethod(peppy.GetUserRecent))
-			gv1.GET("/get_user_best", PeppyMethod(peppy.GetUserBest))
-			gv1.GET("/get_scores", PeppyMethod(peppy.GetScores))
-			gv1.GET("/get_beatmaps", PeppyMethod(peppy.GetBeatmap))
-		}
-
-		api.GET("/status", internals.Status)
+		r.GET("/api/get_user", PeppyMethod(peppy.GetUser))
+		r.GET("/api/get_match", PeppyMethod(peppy.GetMatch))
+		r.GET("/api/get_user_recent", PeppyMethod(peppy.GetUserRecent))
+		r.GET("/api/get_user_best", PeppyMethod(peppy.GetUserBest))
+		r.GET("/api/get_scores", PeppyMethod(peppy.GetScores))
+		r.GET("/api/get_beatmaps", PeppyMethod(peppy.GetBeatmap))
 	}

-	r.NoRoute(v1.Handle404)
+	// v1 API
+	{
+		r.POST("/api/v1/tokens", Method(v1.TokenNewPOST))
+		r.POST("/api/v1/tokens/new", Method(v1.TokenNewPOST))
+		r.POST("/api/v1/tokens/self/delete", Method(v1.TokenSelfDeletePOST))
+
+		// Auth-free API endpoints (public data)
+		r.GET("/api/v1/ping", Method(v1.PingGET))
+		r.GET("/api/v1/surprise_me", Method(v1.SurpriseMeGET))
+		r.GET("/api/v1/doc", Method(v1.DocGET))
+		r.GET("/api/v1/doc/content", Method(v1.DocContentGET))
+		r.GET("/api/v1/doc/rules", Method(v1.DocRulesGET))
+		r.GET("/api/v1/users", Method(v1.UsersGET))
+		r.GET("/api/v1/users/whatid", Method(v1.UserWhatsTheIDGET))
+		r.GET("/api/v1/users/full", Method(v1.UserFullGET))
+		r.GET("/api/v1/users/userpage", Method(v1.UserUserpageGET))
+		r.GET("/api/v1/users/lookup", Method(v1.UserLookupGET))
+		r.GET("/api/v1/users/scores/best", Method(v1.UserScoresBestGET))
+		r.GET("/api/v1/users/scores/recent", Method(v1.UserScoresRecentGET))
+		r.GET("/api/v1/badges", Method(v1.BadgesGET))
+		r.GET("/api/v1/beatmaps", Method(v1.BeatmapGET))
+		r.GET("/api/v1/leaderboard", Method(v1.LeaderboardGET))
+		r.GET("/api/v1/tokens", Method(v1.TokenGET))
+		r.GET("/api/v1/users/self", Method(v1.UserSelfGET))
+		r.GET("/api/v1/tokens/self", Method(v1.TokenSelfGET))
+		r.GET("/api/v1/blog/posts", Method(v1.BlogPostsGET))
+		r.GET("/api/v1/scores", Method(v1.ScoresGET))
+		r.GET("/api/v1/beatmaps/rank_requests/status", Method(v1.BeatmapRankRequestsStatusGET))
+
+		// ReadConfidential privilege required
+		r.GET("/api/v1/friends", Method(v1.FriendsGET, common.PrivilegeReadConfidential))
+		r.GET("/api/v1/friends/with", Method(v1.FriendsWithGET, common.PrivilegeReadConfidential))
+		r.GET("/api/v1/users/self/donor_info", Method(v1.UsersSelfDonorInfoGET, common.PrivilegeReadConfidential))
+		r.GET("/api/v1/users/self/favourite_mode", Method(v1.UsersSelfFavouriteModeGET, common.PrivilegeReadConfidential))
+		r.GET("/api/v1/users/self/settings", Method(v1.UsersSelfSettingsGET, common.PrivilegeReadConfidential))
+
+		// Write privilege required
+		r.POST("/api/v1/friends/add", Method(v1.FriendsAddPOST, common.PrivilegeWrite))
+		r.POST("/api/v1/friends/del", Method(v1.FriendsDelPOST, common.PrivilegeWrite))
+		r.POST("/api/v1/users/self/settings", Method(v1.UsersSelfSettingsPOST, common.PrivilegeWrite))
+		r.POST("/api/v1/users/self/userpage", Method(v1.UserSelfUserpagePOST, common.PrivilegeWrite))
+		r.POST("/api/v1/beatmaps/rank_requests", Method(v1.BeatmapRankRequestsSubmitPOST, common.PrivilegeWrite))
+
+		// Admin: beatmap
+		r.POST("/api/v1/beatmaps/set_status", Method(v1.BeatmapSetStatusPOST, common.PrivilegeBeatmap))
+		r.GET("/api/v1/beatmaps/ranked_frozen_full", Method(v1.BeatmapRankedFrozenFullGET, common.PrivilegeBeatmap))
+
+		// Admin: user managing
+		r.POST("/api/v1/users/manage/set_allowed", Method(v1.UserManageSetAllowedPOST, common.PrivilegeManageUser))
+
+		// M E T A
+		// E     T    "wow thats so meta"
+		// T     E                  -- the one who said "wow thats so meta"
+		// A T E M
+		r.GET("/api/v1/meta/restart", Method(v1.MetaRestartGET, common.PrivilegeAPIMeta))
+		r.GET("/api/v1/meta/kill", Method(v1.MetaKillGET, common.PrivilegeAPIMeta))
+		r.GET("/api/v1/meta/up_since", Method(v1.MetaUpSinceGET, common.PrivilegeAPIMeta))
+		r.GET("/api/v1/meta/update", Method(v1.MetaUpdateGET, common.PrivilegeAPIMeta))
+
+		// User Managing + meta
+		r.POST("/api/v1/tokens/fix_privileges", Method(v1.TokenFixPrivilegesPOST,
+			common.PrivilegeManageUser, common.PrivilegeAPIMeta))
+	}
+
+	// in the new osu-web, the old endpoints are also in /v1 it seems. So /shrug
+	{
+		r.GET("/api/v1/get_user", PeppyMethod(peppy.GetUser))
+		r.GET("/api/v1/get_match", PeppyMethod(peppy.GetMatch))
+		r.GET("/api/v1/get_user_recent", PeppyMethod(peppy.GetUserRecent))
+		r.GET("/api/v1/get_user_best", PeppyMethod(peppy.GetUserBest))
+		r.GET("/api/v1/get_scores", PeppyMethod(peppy.GetScores))
+		r.GET("/api/v1/get_beatmaps", PeppyMethod(peppy.GetBeatmap))
+	}
+
+	r.GET("/api/status", internals.Status)
+
+	r.NotFound = v1.Handle404

 	return r
 }
--- a/app/v1/404.go
+++ b/app/v1/404.go
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 package v1

 import (
+	"encoding/json"
+
+	"github.com/valyala/fasthttp"
 	"zxq.co/ripple/rippleapi/common"
-	"github.com/gin-gonic/gin"
 )

 type response404 struct {
@@ -11,12 +13,17 @@ type response404 struct {
 }

 // Handle404 handles requests with no implemented handlers.
-func Handle404(c *gin.Context) {
-	c.Header("X-Real-404", "yes")
-	c.IndentedJSON(404, response404{
+func Handle404(c *fasthttp.RequestCtx) {
+	c.Response.Header.Add("X-Real-404", "yes")
+	data, err := json.MarshalIndent(response404{
 		ResponseBase: common.ResponseBase{
 			Code: 404,
 		},
 		Cats: surpriseMe(),
-	})
+	}, "", "\t")
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+	c.SetStatusCode(404)
+	c.Write(data)
 }
--- a/app/v1/beatmap.go
+++ b/app/v1/beatmap.go
@@ -2,8 +2,6 @@ package v1

 import (
 	"database/sql"
-	"fmt"
-	"net/url"

 	"zxq.co/ripple/rippleapi/common"
 )
@@ -51,10 +49,10 @@ type beatmapSetStatusData struct {
 // the beatmap ranked status is frozen. Or freezed. Freezed best meme 2k16
 func BeatmapSetStatusPOST(md common.MethodData) common.CodeMessager {
 	var req beatmapSetStatusData
-	md.RequestData.Unmarshal(&req)
+	md.Unmarshal(&req)

 	var miss []string
-	if req.BeatmapsetID == 0 && req.BeatmapID == 0 {
+	if req.BeatmapsetID <= 0 && req.BeatmapID <= 0 {
 		miss = append(miss, "beatmapset_id or beatmap_id")
 	}
 	if len(miss) != 0 {
@@ -84,32 +82,14 @@ func BeatmapSetStatusPOST(md common.MethodData) common.CodeMessager {
 		SET ranked = ?, ranked_status_freezed = ?
 		WHERE beatmapset_id = ?`, req.RankedStatus, req.Frozen, param)

-	var x = make(map[string]interface{}, 1)
-	if req.BeatmapID != 0 {
-		x["bb"] = req.BeatmapID
+	if req.BeatmapID > 0 {
+		md.Ctx.Request.URI().QueryArgs().SetUint("bb", req.BeatmapID)
 	} else {
-		x["s"] = req.BeatmapsetID
+		md.Ctx.Request.URI().QueryArgs().SetUint("s", req.BeatmapsetID)
 	}
-	md.C.Request.URL = genURL(x)
 	return getMultipleBeatmaps(md)
 }

-func genURL(d map[string]interface{}) *url.URL {
-	var s string
-	for k, v := range d {
-		if s != "" {
-			s += "&"
-		}
-		s += k + "=" + url.QueryEscape(fmt.Sprintf("%v", v))
-	}
-	u := new(url.URL)
-	if len(d) == 0 {
-		return u
-	}
-	u.RawQuery = s
-	return u
-}
-
 // BeatmapGET retrieves a beatmap.
 func BeatmapGET(md common.MethodData) common.CodeMessager {
 	beatmapID := common.Int(md.Query("b"))
--- a/app/v1/beatmap_requests.go
+++ b/app/v1/beatmap_requests.go
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ type submitRequestData struct {
 // BeatmapRankRequestsSubmitPOST submits a new beatmap for ranking approval.
 func BeatmapRankRequestsSubmitPOST(md common.MethodData) common.CodeMessager {
 	var d submitRequestData
-	err := md.RequestData.Unmarshal(&d)
+	err := md.Unmarshal(&d)
 	if err != nil {
 		return ErrBadJSON
 	}
@@ -91,9 +91,6 @@ func BeatmapRankRequestsSubmitPOST(md common.MethodData) common.CodeMessager {
 	if !limit.NonBlockingRequest("rankrequest:u:"+strconv.Itoa(md.ID()), 5) {
 		return common.SimpleResponse(429, "You may only try to request 5 beatmaps per minute.")
 	}
-	if !limit.NonBlockingRequest("rankrequest:ip:"+md.C.ClientIP(), 8) {
-		return common.SimpleResponse(429, "You may only try to request 8 beatmaps per minute from the same IP.")
-	}

 	// find out from BeatmapRankRequestsStatusGET if we can submit beatmaps.
 	statusRaw := BeatmapRankRequestsStatusGET(md)
--- a/app/v1/friend.go
+++ b/app/v1/friend.go
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ func FriendsAddPOST(md common.MethodData) common.CodeMessager {
 	var u struct {
 		User int `json:"user"`
 	}
-	md.RequestData.Unmarshal(&u)
+	md.Unmarshal(&u)
 	return addFriend(md, u.User)
 }

@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ func FriendsDelPOST(md common.MethodData) common.CodeMessager {
 	var u struct {
 		User int `json:"user"`
 	}
-	md.RequestData.Unmarshal(&u)
+	md.Unmarshal(&u)
 	return delFriend(md, u.User)
 }

--- a/app/v1/manage_user.go
+++ b/app/v1/manage_user.go
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ type setAllowedData struct {
 // UserManageSetAllowedPOST allows to set the allowed status of an user.
 func UserManageSetAllowedPOST(md common.MethodData) common.CodeMessager {
 	data := setAllowedData{}
-	if err := md.RequestData.Unmarshal(&data); err != nil {
+	if err := md.Unmarshal(&data); err != nil {
 		return ErrBadJSON
 	}
 	if data.Allowed < 0 || data.Allowed > 2 {
--- a/app/v1/self.go
+++ b/app/v1/self.go
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ type userSettingsData struct {
 // UsersSelfSettingsPOST allows to modify information about the current user.
 func UsersSelfSettingsPOST(md common.MethodData) common.CodeMessager {
 	var d userSettingsData
-	md.RequestData.Unmarshal(&d)
+	md.Unmarshal(&d)

 	// input sanitisation
 	*d.UsernameAKA = common.SanitiseString(*d.UsernameAKA)
--- a/app/v1/token.go
+++ b/app/v1/token.go
@@ -8,10 +8,10 @@ import (

 	"github.com/jmoiron/sqlx"

+	"golang.org/x/crypto/bcrypt"
 	"zxq.co/ripple/rippleapi/common"
 	"zxq.co/ripple/rippleapi/limit"
 	"zxq.co/ripple/schiavolib"
-	"golang.org/x/crypto/bcrypt"
 )

 type tokenNewInData struct {
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ type tokenNewResponse struct {
 func TokenNewPOST(md common.MethodData) common.CodeMessager {
 	var r tokenNewResponse
 	data := tokenNewInData{}
-	err := md.RequestData.Unmarshal(&data)
+	err := md.Unmarshal(&data)
 	if err != nil {
 		return ErrBadJSON
 	}
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ func TokenNewPOST(md common.MethodData) common.CodeMessager {
 	}
 	privileges := common.UserPrivileges(privilegesRaw)

-	if !limit.NonBlockingRequest(fmt.Sprintf("loginattempt:%d:%s", r.ID, md.C.ClientIP()), 5) {
+	if !limit.NonBlockingRequest(fmt.Sprintf("loginattempt:%d:%s", r.ID, md.ClientIP()), 5) {
 		return common.SimpleResponse(429, "You've made too many login attempts. Try again later.")
 	}

--- a/app/v1/user.go
+++ b/app/v1/user.go
@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@ import (
 	"database/sql"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
+	"unicode"

 	"github.com/jmoiron/sqlx"
-
 	"zxq.co/ripple/ocl"
 	"zxq.co/ripple/rippleapi/common"
 )
@@ -71,8 +71,7 @@ type userPutsMultiUserData struct {
 }

 func userPutsMulti(md common.MethodData) common.CodeMessager {
-	q := md.C.Request.URL.Query()
-
+	pm := md.Ctx.Request.URI().QueryArgs().PeekMulti
 	// query composition
 	wh := common.
 		Where("users.username_safe = ?", common.SafeUsername(md.Query("nname"))).
@@ -83,10 +82,10 @@ func userPutsMulti(md common.MethodData) common.CodeMessager {
 		Where("users_stats.country = ?", md.Query("country")).
 		Where("users_stats.username_aka = ?", md.Query("name_aka")).
 		Where("privileges_groups.name = ?", md.Query("privilege_group")).
-		In("users.id", q["ids"]...).
-		In("users.username_safe", safeUsernameBulk(q["names"])...).
-		In("users_stats.username_aka", q["names_aka"]...).
-		In("users_stats.country", q["countries"]...)
+		In("users.id", pm("ids")...).
+		In("users.username_safe", safeUsernameBulk(pm("names"))...).
+		In("users_stats.username_aka", pm("names_aka")...).
+		In("users_stats.country", pm("countries")...)

 	var extraJoin string
 	if md.Query("privilege_group") != "" {
@@ -130,13 +129,19 @@ func userPutsMulti(md common.MethodData) common.CodeMessager {

 // UserSelfGET is a shortcut for /users/id/self. (/users/self)
 func UserSelfGET(md common.MethodData) common.CodeMessager {
-	md.C.Request.URL.RawQuery = "id=self&" + md.C.Request.URL.RawQuery
+	md.Ctx.Request.URI().SetQueryString("id=self")
 	return UsersGET(md)
 }

-func safeUsernameBulk(us []string) []string {
-	for i, u := range us {
-		us[i] = common.SafeUsername(u)
+func safeUsernameBulk(us [][]byte) [][]byte {
+	for _, u := range us {
+		for idx, v := range u {
+			if v == ' ' {
+				u[idx] = '_'
+				continue
+			}
+			u[idx] = byte(unicode.ToLower(rune(v)))
+		}
 	}
 	return us
 }
@@ -341,7 +346,7 @@ func UserSelfUserpagePOST(md common.MethodData) common.CodeMessager {
 	var d struct {
 		Data *string `json:"data"`
 	}
-	md.RequestData.Unmarshal(&d)
+	md.Unmarshal(&d)
 	if d.Data == nil {
 		return ErrMissingField("data")
 	}
@@ -350,7 +355,7 @@ func UserSelfUserpagePOST(md common.MethodData) common.CodeMessager {
 	if err != nil {
 		md.Err(err)
 	}
-	md.C.Request.URL.RawQuery += "&id=" + strconv.Itoa(md.ID())
+	md.Ctx.URI().SetQueryString("id=self")
 	return UserUserpageGET(md)
 }

--- a/common/conversions.go
+++ b/common/conversions.go
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+package common
+
+import (
+	"reflect"
+	"unsafe"
+)
+
+// b2s converts byte slice to a string without memory allocation.
+// See https://groups.google.com/forum/#!msg/Golang-Nuts/ENgbUzYvCuU/90yGx7GUAgAJ .
+//
+// Note it may break if string and/or slice header will change
+// in the future go versions.
+func b2s(b []byte) string {
+	return *(*string)(unsafe.Pointer(&b))
+}
+
+// s2b converts string to a byte slice without memory allocation.
+//
+// Note it may break if string and/or slice header will change
+// in the future go versions.
+func s2b(s string) []byte {
+	sh := (*reflect.StringHeader)(unsafe.Pointer(&s))
+	bh := reflect.SliceHeader{
+		Data: sh.Data,
+		Len:  sh.Len,
+		Cap:  sh.Len,
+	}
+	return *(*[]byte)(unsafe.Pointer(&bh))
+}
--- a/common/method_data.go
+++ b/common/method_data.go
@@ -2,26 +2,132 @@ package common

 import (
 	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
+	"strconv"
+	"strings"

 	"github.com/DataDog/datadog-go/statsd"
-	"github.com/gin-gonic/gin"
+	"github.com/getsentry/raven-go"
 	"github.com/jmoiron/sqlx"
+	"github.com/valyala/fasthttp"
 	"gopkg.in/redis.v5"
 )

+// RavenClient is the raven client to which report errors happening.
+// If nil, errors will just be fmt.Println'd
+var RavenClient *raven.Client
+
 // MethodData is a struct containing the data passed over to an API method.
 type MethodData struct {
-	User        Token
-	DB          *sqlx.DB
-	RequestData RequestData
-	C           *gin.Context
-	Doggo       *statsd.Client
-	R           *redis.Client
+	User  Token
+	DB    *sqlx.DB
+	Doggo *statsd.Client
+	R     *redis.Client
+	Ctx   *fasthttp.RequestCtx
 }

-// Err logs an error into gin.
+// ClientIP implements a best effort algorithm to return the real client IP, it parses
+// X-Real-IP and X-Forwarded-For in order to work properly with reverse-proxies such us: nginx or haproxy.
+func (md MethodData) ClientIP() string {
+	clientIP := strings.TrimSpace(string(md.Ctx.Request.Header.Peek("X-Real-Ip")))
+	if len(clientIP) > 0 {
+		return clientIP
+	}
+	clientIP = string(md.Ctx.Request.Header.Peek("X-Forwarded-For"))
+	if index := strings.IndexByte(clientIP, ','); index >= 0 {
+		clientIP = clientIP[0:index]
+	}
+	clientIP = strings.TrimSpace(clientIP)
+	if len(clientIP) > 0 {
+		return clientIP
+	}
+	return md.Ctx.RemoteIP().String()
+}
+
+// Err logs an error. If RavenClient is set, it will use the client to report
+// the error to sentry, otherwise it will just write the error to stdout.
 func (md MethodData) Err(err error) {
-	md.C.Error(err)
+	if RavenClient == nil {
+		fmt.Println("ERROR!!!!")
+		fmt.Println(err)
+		return
+	}
+
+	// Create stacktrace
+	st := raven.NewStacktrace(0, 3, []string{"zxq.co/ripple", "git.zxq.co/ripple"})
+
+	// Generate tags for error
+	tags := map[string]string{
+		"endpoint": b2s(md.Ctx.RequestURI()),
+		"token":    md.User.Value,
+	}
+
+	RavenClient.CaptureError(
+		err,
+		tags,
+		st,
+		generateRavenHTTP(md.Ctx),
+		&raven.User{
+			ID:       strconv.Itoa(md.User.UserID),
+			Username: md.User.Value,
+			IP:       md.Ctx.RemoteAddr().String(),
+		},
+	)
+}
+
+// Err for peppy API calls
+func Err(c *fasthttp.RequestCtx, err error) {
+	if RavenClient == nil {
+		fmt.Println("ERROR!!!!")
+		fmt.Println(err)
+		return
+	}
+
+	// Create stacktrace
+	st := raven.NewStacktrace(0, 3, []string{"zxq.co/ripple", "git.zxq.co/ripple"})
+
+	// Generate tags for error
+	tags := map[string]string{
+		"endpoint": b2s(c.RequestURI()),
+	}
+
+	RavenClient.CaptureError(
+		err,
+		tags,
+		st,
+		generateRavenHTTP(c),
+	)
+}
+
+func generateRavenHTTP(ctx *fasthttp.RequestCtx) *raven.Http {
+	// build uri
+	uri := ctx.URI()
+	// safe to use b2s because a new string gets allocated eventually for
+	// concatenation
+	sURI := b2s(uri.Scheme()) + "://" + b2s(uri.Host()) + b2s(uri.Path())
+
+	// build header map
+	// using ctx.Request.Header.Len would mean calling .VisitAll two times
+	// which can be quite expensive since it means iterating over all the
+	// headers, so we give a rough estimate of the number of headers we expect
+	// to have
+	m := make(map[string]string, 16)
+	ctx.Request.Header.VisitAll(func(k, v []byte) {
+		// not using b2s because we mustn't keep references to the underlying
+		// k and v
+		m[string(k)] = string(v)
+	})
+
+	return &raven.Http{
+		URL: sURI,
+		// Not using b2s because raven sending is concurrent and may happen
+		// AFTER the request, meaning that values could potentially be replaced
+		// by new ones.
+		Method:  string(ctx.Method()),
+		Query:   string(uri.QueryString()),
+		Cookies: string(ctx.Request.Header.Peek("Cookie")),
+		Headers: m,
+	}
 }

 // ID retrieves the Token's owner user ID.
@@ -31,23 +137,16 @@ func (md MethodData) ID() int {

 // Query is shorthand for md.C.Query.
 func (md MethodData) Query(q string) string {
-	return md.C.Query(q)
+	return b2s(md.Ctx.QueryArgs().Peek(q))
 }

 // HasQuery returns true if the parameter is encountered in the querystring.
 // It returns true even if the parameter is "" (the case of ?param&etc=etc)
 func (md MethodData) HasQuery(q string) bool {
-	_, has := md.C.GetQuery(q)
-	return has
+	return md.Ctx.QueryArgs().Has(q)
 }

-// RequestData is the body of a request. It is wrapped into this type
-// to implement the Unmarshal function, which is just a shorthand to
-// json.Unmarshal.
-type RequestData []byte
-
-// Unmarshal json-decodes Requestdata into a value. Basically a
-// shorthand to json.Unmarshal.
-func (r RequestData) Unmarshal(into interface{}) error {
-	return json.Unmarshal([]byte(r), into)
+// Unmarshal unmarshals a request's JSON body into an interface.
+func (md MethodData) Unmarshal(into interface{}) error {
+	return json.Unmarshal(md.Ctx.PostBody(), into)
 }
--- a/common/sort.go
+++ b/common/sort.go
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@ func Sort(md MethodData, config SortConfiguration) string {
 		config.Table += "."
 	}
 	var sortBy string
-	for _, s := range md.C.Request.URL.Query()["sort"] {
-		sortParts := strings.Split(strings.ToLower(s), ",")
+	for _, s := range md.Ctx.Request.URI().QueryArgs().PeekMulti("sort") {
+		sortParts := strings.Split(strings.ToLower(b2s(s)), ",")
 		if contains(config.Allowed, sortParts[0]) {
 			if sortBy != "" {
 				sortBy += ", "
--- a/common/where.go
+++ b/common/where.go
@@ -51,15 +51,15 @@ func (w *WhereClause) And() *WhereClause {
 // initial is the initial part, e.g. "users.id".
 // Fields are the possible values.
 // Sample output: users.id IN ('1', '2', '3')
-func (w *WhereClause) In(initial string, fields ...string) *WhereClause {
+func (w *WhereClause) In(initial string, fields ...[]byte) *WhereClause {
 	if len(fields) == 0 {
 		return w
 	}
 	w.addWhere()
 	w.Clause += initial + " IN (" + generateQuestionMarks(len(fields)) + ")"
-	fieldsInterfaced := make([]interface{}, 0, len(fields))
-	for _, i := range fields {
-		fieldsInterfaced = append(fieldsInterfaced, interface{}(i))
+	fieldsInterfaced := make([]interface{}, len(fields))
+	for k, f := range fields {
+		fieldsInterfaced[k] = string(f)
 	}
 	w.Params = append(w.Params, fieldsInterfaced...)
 	return w
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -62,5 +62,5 @@ func main() {

 	engine := app.Start(conf, db)

-	startuato(engine)
+	startuato(engine.Handler)
 }
--- a/startuato_linux.go
+++ b/startuato_linux.go
@@ -3,19 +3,18 @@
 package main

 import (
+	"fmt"
 	"log"
 	"net"
-	"net/http"
-	"fmt"
 	"time"

-	"zxq.co/ripple/schiavolib"
-	"zxq.co/ripple/rippleapi/common"
-	"github.com/gin-gonic/gin"
 	"github.com/rcrowley/goagain"
+	"github.com/valyala/fasthttp"
+	"zxq.co/ripple/rippleapi/common"
+	"zxq.co/ripple/schiavolib"
 )

-func startuato(engine *gin.Engine) {
+func startuato(hn fasthttp.RequestHandler) {
 	conf, _ := common.Load()
 	// Inherit a net.Listener from our parent process or listen anew.
 	l, err := goagain.Listener()
@@ -35,13 +34,12 @@ func startuato(engine *gin.Engine) {
 		schiavo.Bunker.Send(fmt.Sprint("LISTENINGU STARTUATO ON ", l.Addr()))

 		// Accept connections in a new goroutine.
-		go http.Serve(l, engine)
-
+		go fasthttp.Serve(l, hn)
 	} else {

 		// Resume accepting connections in a new goroutine.
 		schiavo.Bunker.Send(fmt.Sprint("LISTENINGU RESUMINGU ON ", l.Addr()))
-		go http.Serve(l, engine)
+		go fasthttp.Serve(l, hn)

 		// Kill the parent, now that the child has started successfully.
 		if err := goagain.Kill(); nil != err {
--- a/startuato_windows.go
+++ b/startuato_windows.go
@@ -1,23 +1,26 @@
 // +build windows

+// The Ripple API on Windows is not officially supported and you're probably
+// gonna swear a lot if you intend to use it on Windows. Caveat emptor.
+
 package main

 import (
-	"net"
 	"log"
-	"net/http"
+	"net"

-	"github.com/gin-gonic/gin"
+	"github.com/valyala/fasthttp"
 	"zxq.co/ripple/rippleapi/common"
 )

-func startuato(engine *gin.Engine) {
+func startuato(hn fasthttp.RequestHandler) {
 	conf, _ := common.Load()
 	var (
-		l net.Listener
+		l   net.Listener
 		err error
 	)
-	// Listen on a TCP or a UNIX domain socket (TCP here).
+
+	// Listen on a TCP or a UNIX domain socket.
 	if conf.Unix {
 		l, err = net.Listen("unix", conf.ListenTo)
 	} else {
@@ -27,5 +30,5 @@ func startuato(engine *gin.Engine) {
 		log.Fatalln(err)
 	}

-	http.Serve(l, engine)
+	fasthttp.Serve(l, hn)
 }