See "Dependently typed servers in Servant" (http://www.well-typed.com/blog/2015/12/dependently-typed-servers/) for the blog post accompanying this gist.

DependentServant.hs

{-# LANGUAGE ConstraintKinds       #-}
{-# LANGUAGE DataKinds             #-}
{-# LANGUAGE PolyKinds             #-}
{-# LANGUAGE FlexibleContexts      #-}
{-# LANGUAGE FlexibleInstances     #-}
{-# LANGUAGE GADTs                 #-}
{-# LANGUAGE KindSignatures        #-}
{-# LANGUAGE MultiParamTypeClasses #-}
{-# LANGUAGE OverloadedStrings     #-}
{-# LANGUAGE RankNTypes            #-}
{-# LANGUAGE ScopedTypeVariables   #-}
{-# LANGUAGE TypeFamilies          #-}
{-# LANGUAGE TypeOperators         #-}
-- | Defining dependently typed servers in Servant
--
-- Written by Edsko de Vries <[email protected]> 
-- and Andres Loeh <[email protected]>, Well-Typed LLP.
module Main (main) where

import GHC.Prim (Constraint)
import Data.Text (Text)
import Network.Wai
import Network.Wai.Handler.Warp
import Servant
import Servant.Server.Internal
import Text.Read (readMaybe)
import qualified Data.Text                  as Text
import qualified Data.ByteString.Lazy.Char8 as BS

{-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Preliminaries
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------}

-- | Existential
data Some :: (k -> *) -> * where
    Some :: f a -> Some f

-- | Constraint reification
data Dict (c :: Constraint) where
    Dict :: c => Dict c

-- | Type level application
-- (Unlike in the blogpost, we make 'Apply' kind polymorphic)
type family Apply (f :: s) (a :: k) :: *

{-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Dependent servers
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------}

-- | Server dependent on some index @ix@
newtype DepServer (ix :: k -> *) (f :: s) (m :: * -> *) =
    DepServer (forall a. ix a -> ServerT (Apply f a) m)

-- | Dependent analogue of `HasServer`
class HasDepServer ix f where
  hasDepServer :: Proxy f -> ix a -> Dict (HasServer (Apply f a))

{-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Dependent capture
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------}

-- | Dependent capture on some index @ix@
data DepCapture (ix :: k -> *) (f :: s)

instance (FromText (Some ix), HasDepServer ix f) => HasServer (DepCapture ix f) where
    type ServerT (DepCapture ix f) m = DepServer ix f m

    route Proxy (DepServer subserver) request respond =
      case processedPathInfo request of
        (p:ps) ->
          case fromText p :: Maybe (Some ix) of
            Nothing ->
              respond $ failWith NotFound
            Just (Some (p' :: ix a)) ->
              case hasDepServer (Proxy :: Proxy f) p' of
                Dict -> route (Proxy :: Proxy (Apply f a))
                              (subserver p')
                              request{ pathInfo = ps }
                              respond
        _ ->
          respond $ failWith NotFound

{-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Example
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------}

data Value :: * -> * where
  VStr :: Text -> Value Text
  VInt :: Int  -> Value Int

data Op :: * -> * where
  OpEcho    :: Op a
  OpReverse :: Op Text
  OpCaps    :: Op Text
  OpInc     :: Op Int
  OpNeg     :: Op Int

data ExecOp
type instance Apply ExecOp a = Capture "op" (Op a) :> Get '[PlainText] (Value a)

instance HasDepServer Value ExecOp where
  hasDepServer _ (VStr _) = Dict
  hasDepServer _ (VInt _) = Dict

type API = DepCapture Value ExecOp

server :: Server API
server = DepServer serveExecOp

serveExecOp :: Value a -> Server (Apply ExecOp a)
serveExecOp val op = return $ execOp val op

execOp :: Value a -> Op a -> Value a
execOp val        OpEcho    = val
execOp (VStr str) OpReverse = VStr $ Text.reverse str
execOp (VStr str) OpCaps    = VStr $ Text.toUpper str
execOp (VInt i)   OpInc     = VInt $ i + 1
execOp (VInt i)   OpNeg     = VInt $ negate i

{-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Parsing and rendering
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------}

instance FromText (Some Value) where
  fromText t = Just $ case readMaybe (Text.unpack t) of
                        Just n  -> Some $ VInt n
                        Nothing -> Some $ VStr t

instance FromText (Op Text) where
  fromText "echo"    = Just OpEcho
  fromText "reverse" = Just OpReverse
  fromText "caps"    = Just OpCaps
  fromText _         = Nothing

instance FromText (Op Int) where
  fromText "echo" = Just OpEcho
  fromText "inc"  = Just OpInc
  fromText "neg"  = Just OpNeg
  fromText _      = Nothing

instance MimeRender PlainText (Value Text) where
  mimeRender p (VStr t) = mimeRender p t

instance MimeRender PlainText (Value Int) where
  mimeRender _ (VInt n) = BS.pack (show n)

{-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Main application driver
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------}

app :: Application
app = serve (Proxy :: Proxy API) server

main :: IO ()
main = run 8081 app