1.1 Instant Servlets

#lang 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:

#lang web-server/insta

(define (start request)

`(html (head (title "Hello world!"))

(body (p "Hey out there!"))))

And press Run. A Web browser will open up showing your new servlet.

Behind the scenes, DrScheme has used serve/servlet to start a new server that uses your start function as the servlet. You are given the entire web-server/servlet API.

1.1.1 Customization API

(require web-server/insta/insta)

The following API is provided to customize the server instance:

(no-web-browser) → void

Calling this will instruct DrScheme to not start a Web browser when you press Run.

(static-files-path path) → void

path : path-string?

This instructs the Web server to serve static files, such as stylesheet and images, from path.