# Simple ruby web server **URL:** \ **Category:** ruby-talk\ **Created:** [5 October 2007 01:50 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/simple-ruby-web-server/41175 "2007-10-05T01:50:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Filipe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/35a633/32.png) [@Filipe](https://rubytalk.org/u/Filipe)\ **Post date:** [5 October 2007 01:50 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/simple-ruby-web-server/41175/1 "2007-10-05T01:50:03Z")
Hi all, I'm looking for a simple webserver that could handle basic requests (mostly from a localhost) outputing html files. It should also be able to get the input from forms. Rails seems too powerful to perform such a simple class. Sorry if this sounds confusing. I'm a newcomer to the ruby language. ---
**Author:** ![Konrad\_Meyer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/df705f/32.png) [@Konrad\_Meyer](https://rubytalk.org/u/Konrad_Meyer)\ **Post date:** [5 October 2007 02:09 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/simple-ruby-web-server/41175/2 "2007-10-05T02:09:47Z")
Quoth Filipe: > Hi all, > > I'm looking for a simple webserver that could handle basic requests > (mostly from a localhost) outputing html files. It should also be able > to get the input from forms. Rails seems too powerful to perform such > a simple class. > > Sorry if this sounds confusing. I'm a newcomer to the ruby language. Look into WEBrick / GServer. > **···** > > -- > Konrad Meyer \ [http://konrad.sobertillnoon.com/](http://konrad.sobertillnoon.com/) ---
**Author:** ![James\_Britt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/22d042/32.png) [@James\_Britt](https://rubytalk.org/u/James_Britt)\ **Post date:** [5 October 2007 04:24 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/simple-ruby-web-server/41175/3 "2007-10-05T04:24:10Z")
Rails isn't a web server. Apache is a web server. Rails is (like any web framework) a glorified CGI program. There is Merb, and Camping, and Ruby does have a CGI class... > **···** > > On Oct 4, 2007, at 8:50 PM, Filipe wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > > I'm looking for a simple webserver that could handle basic requests > > (mostly from a localhost) outputing html files. It should also be able > > to get the input from forms. Rails seems too powerful to perform such > > a simple class. > > > > Sorry if this sounds confusing. I'm a newcomer to the ruby language. ---
**Author:** ![dusty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a183cd/32.png) [@dusty](https://rubytalk.org/u/dusty)\ **Post date:** [5 October 2007 04:05 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/simple-ruby-web-server/41175/4 "2007-10-05T04:05:07Z")
#!/bin/env ruby require 'webrick' include WEBrick s = HTTPServer.new(   :Port =\> 2000,   :DocumentRoot =\> Dir::pwd ) trap("INT"){ s.shutdown } s.start Run that in a directory with html files. That will serve them up for ya, then go from there. If you want a small mvc pattern, then check out camping. A little more in-depth but smaller than rails is merb. I prefer merb myself. > **···** > > On Oct 4, 10:09 pm, Konrad Meyer \ wrote: > > > Quoth Filipe: > > > > \> Hi all, > > > > \> I'm looking for a simple webserver that could handle basic requests > > \> (mostly from a localhost) outputing html files. It should also be able > > \> to get the input from forms. Rails seems too powerful to perform such > > \> a simple class. > > > > \> Sorry if this sounds confusing. I'm a newcomer to the ruby language. > > > > Look into WEBrick / GServer. > > > > -- > > Konrad Meyer \[http://konrad.sobertillnoon.com/](http://konrad.sobertillnoon.com/) > > > > signature.asc > > 1KDownload ---
**Author:** ![James\_Britt3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b782af/32.png) [@James\_Britt3](https://rubytalk.org/u/James_Britt3)\ **Post date:** [5 October 2007 05:15 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/simple-ruby-web-server/41175/5 "2007-10-05T05:15:24Z")
dusty wrote: > If you want a small mvc pattern, then check out camping. A little > more in-depth but smaller than rails is merb. I prefer merb myself. Also look at Nitro and Ramaze, both of which make it quite simple to develop Web sites using a range of techniques, from all-in-one-file to full-blown MVC, with or without a database. > **···** > > -- > James Britt > > "Every object obscures another object." >     - Luis Bunuel ---
**Author:** ![Filipe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/35a633/32.png) [@Filipe](https://rubytalk.org/u/Filipe)\ **Post date:** [6 October 2007 01:35 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/simple-ruby-web-server/41175/6 "2007-10-06T01:35:05Z")
Webrick seems to be what I'm looking for. However I couldn't find any tutorial/sample or documentation for it. Is there any sample avaliable on the web? > **···** > > On Oct 5, 2:15 am, James Britt \ wrote: > > > dusty wrote: > > > > \> If you want a small mvc pattern, then check out camping. A little > > \> more in-depth but smaller than rails is merb. I prefer merb myself. > > > > Also look at Nitro and Ramaze, both of which make it quite simple to > > develop Web sites using a range of techniques, from all-in-one-file to > > full-blown MVC, with or without a database. > > > > -- > > James Britt > > > > "Every object obscures another object." > >     - Luis Bunuel ---
**Author:** ![James\_Britt3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b782af/32.png) [@James\_Britt3](https://rubytalk.org/u/James_Britt3)\ **Post date:** [6 October 2007 02:45 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/simple-ruby-web-server/41175/7 "2007-10-06T02:45:29Z")
Filipe wrote: > Webrick seems to be what I'm looking for. However I couldn't find any > tutorial/sample or documentation for it. Is there any sample avaliable > on the web? [http://segment7.net/projects/ruby/WEBrick/](http://segment7.net/projects/ruby/WEBrick/) > **···** > > -- > James Britt > > "Those who would give up Essential Liberty to purchase a little > Temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety." >   - Benjamin Franklin, when asked about static typing >    (and a tip of the hat to raganwald)