# IIS 7 HttpModule for Rails/Rack with IronRuby **URL:** \ **Category:** IronRuby\ **Created:** [February 8, 2009, 11:04pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/iis-7-httpmodule-for-rails-rack-with-ironruby/159797 "2009-02-08T23:04:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![hotgazpacho](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/a587f6/32.png) [@hotgazpacho](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/hotgazpacho)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2009, 11:04pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/iis-7-httpmodule-for-rails-rack-with-ironruby/159797/1 "2009-02-08T23:04:26Z")
First, I want to say that I’m very excited by the progress of IronRuby. So, my interrest lies in getting Ruby web applications running through IIS 7. Specifically Rails, but also others like Sinatra and Merb, all of which are now built on Rack. Rack implements a new web-to- application protocol, based partly on Python’s WSGI, which supplants FastCGI. I’ve looked, and someone has already created nWSGI on CodePlex. This project implements WSGI, and hosts IronPython to run the Python app. I’m thinking of taking a similar approach, but one of the key requirements of the Rack protocol is that the Rack application’s call method takes exactly one param: a Ruby Hash; it cannot be a subclass. Reading the status at [IronRuby.net](http://IronRuby.net), it looks like Hash is not yet implemented. Is this the case? I guess I’m looking to see if my project is something that can be done at this time, or if IronRuby needs some more help before I can attempt it. I’d be happy to contribute time & code to get this working. Thanks! Will G. ---
**Author:** ![hotgazpacho](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/a587f6/32.png) [@hotgazpacho](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/hotgazpacho)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2009, 12:12am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/iis-7-httpmodule-for-rails-rack-with-ironruby/159797/2 "2009-02-09T00:12:22Z")
Hash is mostly implemented. Can you post a link to the page where it shows it as not done? I’ll fix it. I don’t know if any of the methods needed by Rack are missing. Jimmy, have you tried this scenario? In the mean time, if you started down this road, we’d be happy to have your contributions. If you haven’t already, you’ll need to get setup to contribute. The instructions are on the Github wiki at: [http://wiki.github.com/ironruby/ironruby/contributing](http://wiki.github.com/ironruby/ironruby/contributing). Thanks, JD ---
**Author:** ![hotgazpacho](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/a587f6/32.png) [@hotgazpacho](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/hotgazpacho)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2009, 12:41am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/iis-7-httpmodule-for-rails-rack-with-ironruby/159797/3 "2009-02-09T00:41:02Z")
Woops, looks like it was on the GitHub wiki, and I may have ascribed more meaning to what is there: [http://wiki.github.com/ironruby/ironruby/libraries](http://wiki.github.com/ironruby/ironruby/libraries) I just had this idea this morning after attending a regional Ruby conference (acts\_as\_conference). I’ll get right on getting set up. Thanks! == Will ---
**Author:** ![hotgazpacho](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/a587f6/32.png) [@hotgazpacho](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/hotgazpacho)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2009, 9:33pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/iis-7-httpmodule-for-rails-rack-with-ironruby/159797/4 "2009-02-09T21:33:42Z")
Hi Will, If you want any help (I’m the author of NWSGI) drop me a line. The specifications certainly are very similar; NWSGI is only a couple hundred lines, so I doubt a Rack implementation would be any larger. The really hard part is building the management interface - WinForms is a huge PITA. - Jeff ---
**Author:** ![hotgazpacho](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/a587f6/32.png) [@hotgazpacho](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/hotgazpacho)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2009, 2:35am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/iis-7-httpmodule-for-rails-rack-with-ironruby/159797/5 "2009-02-10T02:35:33Z")
Will, That page on github is wildly out of date (and I’ve updated it to say so). [http://ironruby.info](http://ironruby.info) will have daily information on where IronRuby is at with supporting RubySpec, as well as other popular Ruby frameworks. Right now it’s just RubySpec pass/fail information, but stack traces and more data are coming soon. ---
**Author:** ![hotgazpacho](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/a587f6/32.png) [@hotgazpacho](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/hotgazpacho)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2009, 10:45pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/iis-7-httpmodule-for-rails-rack-with-ironruby/159797/6 "2009-02-11T22:45:28Z")
Hi Will, I’d be keen to help you with that… If you’ve created a project on github please post the url so we can clone, fork and contribute 🙂 cheers Ivan 2009/2/9 Will G. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) ---
**Author:** ![hotgazpacho](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/a587f6/32.png) [@hotgazpacho](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/hotgazpacho)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2009, 5:56am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/iis-7-httpmodule-for-rails-rack-with-ironruby/159797/7 "2009-02-12T05:56:00Z")
Awesome. I haven’t had a chance to get started yet; very hectic at work this week. From: Ivan Porto C. [[mailto:removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)] Sent: Wednesday, February 11, 2009 1:28 PM To: ironruby-core Subject: Re: [Ironruby-core] IIS 7 HttpModule for Rails/Rack with IronRuby Hi Will, I’d be keen to help you with that… If you’ve created a project on github please post the url so we can clone, fork and contribute 🙂 cheers Ivan 2009/2/9 Will G. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) Woops, looks like it was on the GitHub wiki, and I may have ascribed more meaning to what is there: [http://wiki.github.com/ironruby/ironruby/libraries](http://wiki.github.com/ironruby/ironruby/libraries) I just had this idea this morning after attending a regional Ruby conference (acts\_as\_conference). I’ll get right on getting set up. Thanks! == Will