You can use web-server/servlet and you don't need to use web-server/dispatch if you don't want to. Your design seems good to me.
On Sun, Jan 6, 2019 at 10:33 AM Stephen De Gabrielle <spdegabrie...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Thank you Jay and David, > > Your suggestions were good, #:servlet-regexp #rx"" lets me capture the > request for a page and server the original file, or the edit servlet: > http://localhost:8000/mouse.html > http://localhost:8000/mouse.html?action=edit > > I've been reading a little more and I think I've made a mistake! I'm using > 'Stateful Servlets'(require web-server/servlet), and I *think* I should be > using (require web-server/dispatch), so I can capture the situation where a > static file is not found. > > Do you think web-server/dispatch is the right approach? > > My design is; > > GET http(s)://server/<filename in #:server-root-path> > -> serve static file at specified path > GET http(s)://server/<filename in #:server-root-path>?action=edit > -> serve edit page servlet that retrieves scribble source > GET http(s)://server/<filename not found in #:server-root-path> > -> serve edit page adding parameters ?action=edit or maybe new > POST http(s)://server/<filename in #:server-root-path> > -> update scribble source file, generate target html file in > #:server-root-path and redirect to target html file at > http(s)://server/<filename in #:server-root-path> > > > > On Thu, Jan 3, 2019 at 4:35 PM David Storrs <david.sto...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Stephen, you might also find this useful as a reference to crib from: >> http://matt.might.net/articles/low-level-web-in-racket/ >> >> On Thu, Jan 3, 2019 at 11:10 AM Jay McCarthy <jay.mccar...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> Use normal racket/base and web-server/servlet-env ‘s serve/servlet >>> >>> On Thu, Jan 3, 2019 at 10:53 AM David Storrs <david.sto...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Wed, Jan 2, 2019 at 7:12 PM Jay McCarthy <jay.mccar...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> You need to stop using `web-server/insta` >>>> >>>> >>>> What would you recommend he use instead of web-server/insta? >>>> >>>>> >>>>> so you can customize more. >>>>> Then, you need to intercept ALL requests with your servlet. Then, your >>>>> servlet just needs to call (next-dispatcher) and the static file >>>>> handler will kick in, because it comes after servlets. >>>>> >>>>> Jay >>>>> >>>>> On Wed, Jan 2, 2019 at 7:08 PM Stephen De Gabrielle >>>>> <spdegabrie...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>> > >>>>> > Hi, >>>>> > >>>>> > I'm fooling around with #lang web-server/insta, and I can serve .html >>>>> > files by setting (static-files-path page-root), but I'd like to trigger >>>>> > my servlet if there is a '?action=edit' parameter set. >>>>> > >>>>> > e.g >>>>> > https://localhost/start.html just serves the file (I can do this!) >>>>> > https://localhost/start.html?action=edit calls my servlet (I can't >>>>> > work out how to do this :( ) >>>>> > >>>>> > (There is a lot of documentation but I'm a beginner with webdev so >>>>> > don't know where to look) >>>>> > >>>>> > Kind regards >>>>> > >>>>> > Stephen >>>>> > >>>>> > PS the project is a scribble based wiki. If you create a new page you >>>>> > enter raw scribble/manual in a form (my servlet) and it gets saved in a >>>>> > folder and transformed into html that is served directly by >>>>> > (static-files-path page-root), the conversion from raw scribble goes >>>>> > like this: >>>>> > (require raco/all-tools) >>>>> > (define raco-scribble-spec (hash-ref (all-tools) "scribble")) >>>>> > ;;scribble-to-html : source target body >>>>> > ;; generate html file from scribble file >>>>> > (define (scribble-to-html source target) ;-> list of strings >>>>> > (parameterize ([current-command-line-arguments (vector "--html" >>>>> > source)] >>>>> > [current-directory target]) >>>>> > (dynamic-require (cadr raco-scribble-spec) #f))) >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > -- >>>>> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>> > Groups "Racket Users" group. >>>>> > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>>> > an email to racket-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>>> > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> -=[ Jay McCarthy http://jeapostrophe.github.io ]=- >>>>> -=[ Associate Professor PLT @ CS @ UMass Lowell ]=- >>>>> -=[ Moses 1:33: And worlds without number have I created; ]=- >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>>> "Racket Users" group. >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>>>> email to racket-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >>> -- >>> -=[ Jay McCarthy http://jeapostrophe.github.io ]=- >>> -=[ Associate Professor PLT @ CS @ UMass Lowell ]=- >>> -=[ Moses 1:33: And worlds without number have I created; ]=- > > -- > ---- -- -=[ Jay McCarthy http://jeapostrophe.github.io ]=- -=[ Associate Professor PLT @ CS @ UMass Lowell ]=- -=[ Moses 1:33: And worlds without number have I created; ]=- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Racket Users" group. 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