Conn

A Conn, short for “connection”, models the entirety of a connection between the HTTP server and the user agent, both request and response.

type Conn req res components =
  { request :: req
  , response :: res
  , components :: components
  }

The request and response hold the values representing the HTTP request and response, respectively. The purpose of the components field, however, is not that obvious. It is used for things not directly related to HTTP, but nonetheless related to the act of responding to the HTTP request. A middleware can add information to the Conn using components, like providing authentication or authorization values. The types of these components then becomes part of the Conn type, and you get stronger static guarantees when using the middleware.