[Haskell-cafe] web-routes and forms

[Jeremy Shaw]

Hello,

trhsx will be installed in ~/.cabal/bin, so you will need to add that
to your PATH.

In order to use the demo code I provided you would need the latest
happstack from darcs because it contains a few differences in the API.
The code can be made to work with what is on hackage though.

The submit issue is actually a bug in digestive-functors-blaze. The
return type should be, Form m i e BlazeFormHtml (). jaspervdj is going
to patch it and upload a new version.

- jeremy


On Thu, Jan 13, 2011 at 2:40 PM, Corentin Dupont
<corentin.dupont at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I'm using the combination happstack + digestive-functors + web-routes +
> blazeHTML.
> I'm not finding any examples on the net...
>
> I've tried to adapt your example (thanks):
>
> type NomicForm a = HappstackForm IO String BlazeFormHtml a
>
> demoForm :: NomicForm (Text, Text)
> demoForm =
>     (,) <$> ((TDB.label "greeting: " ++> inputNonEmpty Nothing) <* br)
>         <*> ((TDB.label "noun: "     ++> inputNonEmpty Nothing) <* br)
>         <*  (submit "submit")
>     where
>       br :: NomicForm ()
>       br = view H.br
>       -- make sure the fields are not blank, show errors in line if they are
>       inputNonEmpty :: Maybe Text -> NomicForm Text
>       inputNonEmpty v =
>           (inputText v `validate` (TD.check "You can not leave this field
> blank." (not . T.null)) <++ errors)
>
>
> But I've got a problem on submit and inputText. I don't see how they are
> compatible with HappstackForm.
> NomicForm a reduces to:
> Form (ServerPartT IO) Input String BlazeFormHtml a
>
> whereas the type of submit is:
>
> submit :: Monad m
>
>        => String                            -- ^ Text on the submit button
>
>        -> Form m String e BlazeFormHtml ()  -- ^ Submit button
>
>
> Maybe I miss some instance?
>
> BTW, I also tried to execute your exemple, but I can't install some
> packages.
>
>> cabal install digestive-functors-hsp
>
> cabal: Unknown build tool trhsx
>
> Whereas trhsx is in my PATH (under linux).
>
> You said I need the latest happstack from darcs, why?
>
> Cheers,
> Corentin
>
> On Sun, Jan 9, 2011 at 8:36 PM, Jeremy Shaw <jeremy at n-heptane.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hello,
>>
>> newRule also needs to have the type, RoutedNomicServer. The
>> transformation of RoutedNomicServer into NomicServer is done in the
>> handleSite function. Something like this:
>>
>>
>> nomicSpec :: ServerHandle -> Site Route (ServerPartT IO Response)
>> nomicSpec sh =
>>      Site { handleSite          = \f url -> unRouteT (nomicSite sh url) f
>>             ...
>>
>> main =
>>    do ...
>>      simpleHTTP nullConf $ siteImpl (nomicSpec sh)
>>
>> Or something like that -- it's hard to tell exactly what is going on
>> in your app based on the snippets you provided.
>>
>> Also, I highly recommend using digestive functors instead of formlets.
>> It is the successor to formlets. Same core idea, better implementation
>> and actively maintained.
>>
>> I have attached a quick demo of using:
>>
>> happstack+digestive-functors+web-routes+HSP
>>
>> To use it you will need the latest happstack from darcs plus:
>>
>>  hsp
>>  web-routes
>>  web-routes-hsp
>>  web-routes-happstack
>>  web-routes-mtl
>>  digestive-functors
>>  digestive-functors-hsp
>>
>> I plan to clean up this example and document it better in the crash
>> course for the upcoming release. Clearly things like the FormInput
>> instance and the formPart function belong a library.
>>
>> let me know if you have more questions.
>> - jeremy
>>
>> On Sat, Jan 8, 2011 at 6:44 PM, Corentin Dupont
>> <corentin.dupont at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > Hello,
>> >
>> > I have difficulties mixing web-routes and forms:
>> > I have put routes in all my site, except for forms which remains with
>> > the
>> > type ServerPartT IO Response.
>> > How to make them work together?
>> >
>> > I have:
>> > type NomicServer             = ServerPartT IO
>> > type RoutedNomicServer = RouteT PlayerCommand NomicServer
>> >
>> > newRule :: ServerHandle -> NomicServer Response
>> > newRule sh = do
>> >    methodM POST -- only accept a post method
>> >    mbEntry <- getData -- get the data
>> >    case mbEntry of
>> >       Nothing -> error $ "error: newRule"
>> >       Just (NewRule name text code pn) -> do
>> >          html <- nomicPageComm pn sh (submitRule name text code pn))
>> >          ok $ toResponse html
>> >
>> >
>> > nomicPageComm :: PlayerNumber -> ServerHandle -> Comm () ->
>> > RoutedNomicServer Html
>> > nomicPageComm pn sh comm =
>> > (..)
>> >
>> >
>> > launchWebServer :: ServerHandle -> IO ()
>> > launchWebServer sh = do
>> >    putStrLn "Starting web server...\nTo connect, drive your browser to
>> > \"http://localhost:8000/Login\""
>> >    d <- liftIO getDataDir
>> >    simpleHTTP nullConf $ mconcat [dir "postLogin" $ postLogin,
>> >                                   fileServe [] d,
>> >                                   dir "Login" $ ok $ toResponse $
>> > loginPage,
>> >                                   dir "NewRule" $ newRule sh,
>> >                                   dir "NewGame" $ newGameWeb sh,
>> >                                   dir "Nomic" $ do
>> >                                      html <- implSite
>> > "http://localhost:8000/Nomic/" "" (nomicSite sh)
>> >                                      ok $ toResponse html
>> >                                   ]
>> >
>> >
>> > The red line doesn't compile. I don't know how to transform a
>> > RoutedNomicServer into a NomicServer.
>> >
>> > For the future I intend to use formlets: is these some examples of
>> > programs
>> > using happstack + web-routes + formlets?
>> >
>> > Thanks,
>> > Corentin
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > On Fri, Jan 7, 2011 at 5:10 PM, Jeremy Shaw <jeremy at n-heptane.com>
>> > wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Hello,
>> >>
>> >> The [(String, String)] argument is for adding query parameters.
>> >>
>> >> > encodePathInfo ["foo", "bar", "baz"] [("key","value")]
>> >>
>> >> "foo/bar/baz?key=value"
>> >>
>> >> Instead of showURL you would use showURLParams.
>> >>
>> >> hope this helps!d
>> >> - jeremy
>> >>
>> >> On Fri, Jan 7, 2011 at 8:12 AM, Corentin Dupont
>> >> <corentin.dupont at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >> > Hello Jeremy,
>> >> > I'm using Web routes with happstack.
>> >> > I'm following this tutorial:
>> >> > http://tutorialpedia.org/tutorials/Happstack+type+safe+URLs.html
>> >> >
>> >> > But It seems out of synch with the latest version of web-routes:
>> >> > 0.23.2.
>> >> > The haddock documentation seems out of date also:
>> >> >
>> >> > encodePathInfo :: [String] -> [(String, String)] -> String
>> >> >
>> >> > For example:
>> >> >
>> >> >  encodePathInfo [\"foo\", \"bar\", \"baz\"]
>> >> >
>> >> > "foo/bar/baz"
>> >> >
>> >> > And I can't figure out what this [(String, String)] is for ;)
>> >> >
>> >> > Thanks,
>> >> >
>> >> > Corentin
>> >> >
>> >
>> >
>
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