#lang racket ;;;; a stateful web server (require web-server/formlets web-server/servlet web-server/servlet-env) (define (counter request (count 0)) (send/suspend/dispatch (lambda (k-url) `(html (head (title "Counter")) (body (p "Computer says: " ,(number->string count)) (a ([href ,(k-url (lambda (request) (counter (redirect/get) (+ 1 count)))) ]) "++") (p "Enjoy!")))))) (define log-file (path->string (build-path (find-system-path 'home-dir) ;(expand-user-path "~") "racket-server-access.txt"))) ; would this work better?: ; e.g. (list (build-path "js") (build-path "css")) ;;; Start the server (serve/servlet counter #:port 8080 #:listen-ip #f #:log-file log-file #:servlet-path "/counter.rkt")
Wednesday, October 13, 2010
A stateful web counter in Racket
The idea of using Racket as a stateful web server is really beginning to attract me interest. I present below a simple web counter. Each time you click on the ++ link, it increments the counter. If you start it in a new tab/window, then it begins at 0. So each tab has its own state.
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