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+use regex::{escape, Regex};
+
+pub fn build_regex_from_path(path_template: &str) -> Regex {
+    // Escape literal parts of the path to safely convert to regex
+    let mut regex_string = "^".to_string();
+    for component in path_template.split('/') {
+        if component.starts_with(':') {
+            // Replace placeholder with regex to capture alphanumeric, underscores, or hyphens
+            regex_string.push_str("/([a-zA-Z0-9_-]+)");
+        } else if !component.is_empty() {
+            // Escape and add literal components to the regex
+            regex_string.push('/');
+            regex_string.push_str(&escape(component));
+        }
+    }
+    regex_string.push_str("/?$");
+
+    // Compile the regex
+    Regex::new(&regex_string).unwrap()
+}
+
+// pub fn match_path(method: &Method) -> String {
+//     use Method::*;
+//     match method {
+//         Get(route) => {
+//             match re.captures(route) {
+//                 Some(caps) => {
+//                     println!("Matched route: {}", route);
+//                     // Iterate over the captures to extract the path segments and parameters
+//                     for cap in caps.iter().flatten().skip(1) {
+//                         println!("Segment: {}", cap.as_str());
+//                     }
+//                     "empty".to_string()
+//                 }
+//                 None => {
+//                     println!("No match for route: {}", route);
+//                     "empty none".to_string()
+//                 }
+//             }
+//         }
+//         Post(_) => todo!(),
+//         Put(_) => todo!(),
+//     }
+// }