[plt-scheme] Using web-server/servlet-env to host a root level servlet

Interesting, thanks.

For completeness, I should mention that instaservlet.plt (on PLaneT)
allows you to run a servlet at the root level.  They probably did
something like you are describing.

--rob


On Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 8:05 AM, Jay McCarthy <jay.mccarthy at gmail.com> wrote:
> There is not an easy way to do this. Here's a hacky way:
>
> 1) Remove the filter:make around (let-values in servlet-env
> 2) Change (build-path servlets-root servlet-path) to (build-path servlets-root)
> 3) Pass "" as #:servlet-path
>
> Another way is to make a custom dispatcher that rewrites the URLs that
> come in to contain the ".ss" file. For example:
>
> (define (rewrite regex inner-dispatcher)
>  (lambda (conn req)
>  (inner-dispatcher conn (make-request ... (string->url
> (regexp-replace (url->string (request-url req)) regex)) ...))))
>
> and make that the top-level dispatcher (perhaps using
> web-server/run.ss as a base)
>
> Jay
>
> On Tue, Sep 16, 2008 at 6:59 PM, Rob Hunter <rob.hunter at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I'm trying out the web server code described here
>> (http://docs.plt-scheme.org/web-server/servlet-env_ss.html), but I
>> can't figure out how to make my servlet hosted at the root level.  For
>> example,  the program
>>
>> (require web-server/servlet-env)
>>
>> (serve/servlet
>>  (lambda (req) "hiya")
>>  #:servlet-path (string->path "foo.ss"))
>>
>> gives my a page at http://localhost:8000/foo.ss, but changing the path
>> to "" or "." doesn't work.  Any suggestions?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Rob
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