Developer Adds OpenAPI Support, Request Validation to Nim HTTP Framework Mummy

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A developer has extended Mummy, a minimal Nim HTTP framework, with OpenAPI specification generation, typed path parameters, and request body validation. The additions include two new modules — openapi_schema.nim and openapi_router.nim — enabling auto-generated /openapi.json and browsable /docs endpoints built directly from route definitions. A composable middleware system with built-in logging and bearer authentication support was also introduced to reduce repetitive code across handlers. All 12 of Mummy's existing example servers were migrated to the new OpenApiRouter during development, uncovering a latent bug in the WebSocket example related to unclean URI parsing. The fork is publicly available on GitHub and is being used to build a demo todo API deployed on Render.

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