# Alternative web server scripting language

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/alternative-web-server-scripting-language/155604>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [December 14, 2008, 2:08pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/alternative-web-server-scripting-language/155604 "2008-12-14T14:08:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![Petite\_A](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/85e7bf/32.png) [@Petite\_A](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Petite_A)\
**Post date:** [December 14, 2008, 2:08pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/alternative-web-server-scripting-language/155604/1 "2008-12-14T14:08:26Z")

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Hello,

Now that Lua [1] appears as a native scripting language in more [2]  
and more [3] mainstream web servers, here is an example of a web  
server written in Lua:

[http://svr225.stepx.com:3388/a](http://svr225.stepx.com:3388/a)

The wiki demo sports content from the 2008/9 Wikipedia Selection,  
containing about 5500 articles, accessible through full text search:

[http://svr225.stepx.com:3388/search?q=ruby](http://svr225.stepx.com:3388/search?q=ruby)

An index, timeline and recent changes navigation is provided to  
facilitate article retrieval:

[http://svr225.stepx.com:3388/index/a](http://svr225.stepx.com:3388/index/a)  
[http://svr225.stepx.com:3388/date/2008](http://svr225.stepx.com:3388/date/2008)  
[http://svr225.stepx.com:3388/recent](http://svr225.stepx.com:3388/recent)

The wiki content is accessible as an Atom feed:

feed://svr225.stepx.com:3388/search?q=brazil  
feed://svr225.stepx.com:3388/index/a  
feed://svr225.stepx.com:3388/date/2008  
feed://svr225.stepx.com:3388/recent

Or as a WebDAV repository:

dav://svr225.stepx.com:3388/

Kind regards,

–  
PA.  
[http://alt.textdrive.com/nanoki/](http://alt.textdrive.com/nanoki/)

[1] [Lua: about](http://www.lua.org/about.html)  
[2] [http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/httpd/mod\_wombat/trunk/README](http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/httpd/mod_wombat/trunk/README)  
[3] [Mod magnet - Lighttpd - lighty labs](http://redmine.lighttpd.net/wiki/1/Docs:ModMagnet)