racket/collects/web-server/scribblings/running.scrbl
Eli Barzilay d26f27e140 Lots of minor edits -- mainly dropping unnecessary backslashes and
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#lang scribble/doc
@(require "web-server.ss")
@title[#:tag "run.ss"
#:style 'toc]{Running the Web Server}
There are a number of ways to run the Web Server. They are given in order of simplest to most advanced.
@local-table-of-contents[]
@; ------------------------------------------------------------
@section[#:tag "insta"]{Instant Servlets}
@(require (for-label (only-in web-server/insta/insta
no-web-browser static-files-path)))
@defmodulelang[web-server/insta]
The fastest way to get a servlet running in the Web server is to use the
"Insta" language in DrScheme. Enter the following into DrScheme:
@schememod[
web-server/insta
(define (start request)
`(html (head (title "Hello world!"))
(body (p "Hey out there!"))))
]
And press @onscreen["Run"]. A Web browser will open up showing your new servlet.
Behind the scenes, DrScheme has used @scheme[serve/servlet] to start a new server
that uses your @scheme[start] function as the servlet.
You are given the entire @schememodname[web-server/servlet] API.
@subsection{Customization API}
@defmodule[web-server/insta/insta]
The following API is provided to customize the server instance:
@defproc[(no-web-browser) void]{
Calling this will instruct DrScheme to @emph{not} start a Web browser when you press
@onscreen["Run"].
}
@defproc[(static-files-path [path path?]) void]{
This instructs the Web server to serve static files, such as stylesheet and images, from @scheme[path].
}
@; ------------------------------------------------------------
@include-section["servlet-env.scrbl"]
@; ------------------------------------------------------------
@section[#:tag "command-line-tools"]{Command-line Tools}
One command-line utility is provided with the @|web-server|:
@commandline{plt-web-server [-f <file-name> -p <port> -a <ip-address>]}
The optional file-name argument specifies the path to a
@scheme[configuration-table] S-expression (see
@secref["configuration-table.ss"].) If this is not provided, the
default configuration shipped with the server is used. The optional
port and ip-address arguments override the corresponding portions of
the @scheme[configuration-table].
The @scheme[configuration-table] is given to
@scheme[configuration-table->web-config@] and used to construct a
@scheme[web-config^] unit, and is linked with the
@scheme[web-server@] unit. The resulting unit is invoked, and the
server runs until the process is killed.
To run the web server with MrEd, use
@commandline{mred -l- web-server/gui [-f <file-name> -p <port> -a <ip-address>]}
@; ------------------------------------------------------------
@section[#:tag "web-server.ss"]{Functional}
@(require (for-label web-server/web-server))
@defmodule[web-server/web-server]
@filepath{web-server.ss} provides a number of functions for easing embedding
of the @web-server in other applications, or loading a custom
dispatcher. See @filepath{run.ss} for an example of such a script.
@defproc[(serve [#:dispatch dispatch dispatcher?]
[#:tcp@ tcp@ tcp-unit^ raw:tcp@]
[#:port port integer? 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 @scheme[dispatch-config^], invokes the
@scheme[dispatch-server@], and calls its @scheme[serve] function.
The @scheme[#:tcp@] keyword is provided for building an SSL server. See @secref["faq:https"].
}
@; XXX Not the right `server' above.
Here's an example of a simple web server that serves files
from a given path:
@(require (for-label web-server/dispatchers/filesystem-map)
(prefix-in files: (for-label web-server/dispatchers/dispatch-files)))
@schemeblock[
(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?]
[#:tcp@ tcp@ tcp-unit^ raw:tcp@]
[#:ports ports (listof integer?) (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 @scheme[serve] multiple times, once for each @scheme[port], and returns
a function that shuts down all of the server instances.
}
@defproc[(serve/ips+ports [#:dispatch dispatch dispatcher?]
[#:tcp@ tcp@ tcp-unit^ raw:tcp@]
[#:ips+ports ips+ports (listof (cons/c (or/c string? false/c) (listof integer?))) (list (cons #f (list 80)))]
[#:max-waiting max-waiting integer? 40]
[#:initial-connection-timeout initial-connection-timeout integer? 60])
(-> void)]{
Calls @scheme[serve/ports] multiple times, once for each @scheme[ip], and returns
a function that shuts down all of the server instances.
}
@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.
}