# Simple ruby web server **URL:** \ **Category:** Ruby\ **Created:** [October 5, 2007, 3:50am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/simple-ruby-web-server/116388 "2007-10-05T03:50:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Filipe](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/f/35a633/32.png) [@Filipe](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Filipe)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2007, 3:50am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/simple-ruby-web-server/116388/1 "2007-10-05T03:50:44Z")
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:** ![Filipe](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/f/35a633/32.png) [@Filipe](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Filipe)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2007, 4:10am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/simple-ruby-web-server/116388/2 "2007-10-05T04:10:36Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![Filipe](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/f/35a633/32.png) [@Filipe](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Filipe)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2007, 6:05am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/simple-ruby-web-server/116388/3 "2007-10-05T06:05:47Z")
On Oct 4, 10:09 pm, Konrad M. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > Look into WEBrick / GServer. > > – > Konrad M. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)[http://konrad.sobertillnoon.com/](http://konrad.sobertillnoon.com/) > > signature.asc > 1KDownload #!/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. ---
**Author:** ![Filipe](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/f/35a633/32.png) [@Filipe](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Filipe)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2007, 6:24am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/simple-ruby-web-server/116388/4 "2007-10-05T06:24:32Z")
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. 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… ---
**Author:** ![Filipe](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/f/35a633/32.png) [@Filipe](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Filipe)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2007, 7:15am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/simple-ruby-web-server/116388/5 "2007-10-05T07:15:59Z")
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 B. “Every object obscures another object.” - Luis Bunuel ---
**Author:** ![Filipe](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/f/35a633/32.png) [@Filipe](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Filipe)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2007, 4:46am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/simple-ruby-web-server/116388/6 "2007-10-06T04:46:25Z")
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 B. “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) ---
**Author:** ![Filipe](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/f/35a633/32.png) [@Filipe](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Filipe)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2007, 3:35am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/simple-ruby-web-server/116388/7 "2007-10-06T03:35:37Z")
On Oct 5, 2:15 am, James B. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > James B. > > “Every object obscures another object.” > - Luis Bunuel 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?