racket/collects/web-server/scribblings/launch.scrbl
2010-12-07 14:14:50 -07:00

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#lang scribble/doc
@(require "web-server.rkt")
@title[#:tag "web-server"]{Launching Servers}
@(require (for-label web-server/web-server
web-server/dispatchers/filesystem-map
web-server/web-config-unit
web-server/web-config-sig
web-server/private/dispatch-server-unit
web-server/private/dispatch-server-sig
web-server/dispatchers/dispatch
net/tcp-sig
racket/async-channel
unstable/contract
web-server/configuration/configuration-table)
(prefix-in raw: (for-label net/tcp-unit))
(prefix-in files: (for-label web-server/dispatchers/dispatch-files)))
@defmodule[web-server/web-server]{
This module provides functions for launching dispatching servers.
@defproc[(serve [#:dispatch dispatch dispatcher/c]
[#:confirmation-channel confirmation-channel (or/c false/c async-channel?) #f]
[#:connection-close? connection-close? boolean? #f]
[#:tcp@ tcp@ (unit/c (import) (export tcp^)) raw:tcp@]
[#:port port tcp-listen-port? 80]
[#:listen-ip listen-ip (or/c string? false/c) #f]
[#:max-waiting max-waiting integer? 40]
[#:initial-connection-timeout initial-connection-timeout integer? 60])
(-> void)]{
Constructs an appropriate @racket[dispatch-server-config^], invokes the
@racket[dispatch-server@], and calls its @racket[serve] function.
If @racket[connection-close?] is @racket[#t], then every connection is closed after one
request. Otherwise, the client decides based on what HTTP version it uses.
The @racket[#:tcp@] keyword is provided for building an SSL server. See @secref["faq:https"].
}
Here's an example of a simple web server that serves files
from a given path:
@racketblock[
(define (start-file-server base)
(serve
#:dispatch
(files:make
#:url->path (make-url->path base)
#:path->mime-type
(lambda (path)
#"application/octet-stream"))
#:port 8080))
]
@defproc[(serve/ports [#:dispatch dispatch dispatcher/c]
[#:confirmation-channel confirmation-channel (or/c false/c async-channel?) #f]
[#:connection-close? connection-close? boolean? #f]
[#:tcp@ tcp@ (unit/c (import) (export tcp^)) raw:tcp@]
[#:ports ports (listof tcp-listen-port?) (list 80)]
[#:listen-ip listen-ip (or/c string? false/c) #f]
[#:max-waiting max-waiting integer? 40]
[#:initial-connection-timeout initial-connection-timeout integer? 60])
(-> void)]{
Calls @racket[serve] multiple times, once for each @racket[port], and returns
a function that shuts down all of the server instances.
}
@defproc[(serve/ips+ports [#:dispatch dispatch dispatcher/c]
[#:confirmation-channel confirmation-channel (or/c false/c async-channel?) #f]
[#:connection-close? connection-close? boolean? #f]
[#:tcp@ tcp@ (unit/c (import) (export tcp^)) raw:tcp@]
[#:ips+ports ips+ports (listof (cons/c (or/c string? false/c) (listof tcp-listen-port?))) (list (cons #f (list 80)))]
[#:max-waiting max-waiting integer? 40]
[#:initial-connection-timeout initial-connection-timeout integer? 60])
(-> void)]{
Calls @racket[serve/ports] multiple times, once for each @racket[ip], and returns
a function that shuts down all of the server instances.
}
@defproc[(serve/web-config@ [config@ (unit/c (import) (export web-config^))]
[#:tcp@ tcp@ (unit/c (import) (export tcp^)) raw:tcp@])
(-> void)]{
Starts the @web-server with the settings defined by the given @racket[web-config^] unit.
It is very useful to combine this with @racket[configuration-table->web-config@] and @racket[configuration-table-sexpr->web-config@]:
@racketblock[
(serve/web-config@
(configuration-table->web-config@
default-configuration-table-path))]
}
@defproc[(do-not-return) void]{
This function does not return. If you are writing a script to load the @web-server
you are likely to want to call this functions at the end of your script.
}
}
@include-section["servlet-env-int.scrbl"]