Re: [Chicken-users] Assistance with http egg

[Thomas Chust]

On Sun, 16 Apr 2006, Jim Miller wrote:

> I'm fairly new to scheme having been convinced by reading SICP that its 
> worth a shot.  So far I'm trying to convert some code over to using 
> chicken scheme and I'm very happy so far.

Hello,

it's good to hear for a seasoned schemer that somebody actually likes the 
language after reading the textbook ;-)

> My question involves the http-server egg.  I tried running the example 
> that is given in the documentation and all I get when I run it is a 404 
> error when I try to access the server. [...]

Hmm, when I run the example on my machine, it works just fine, so I guess 
it is still valid. But the fact that you get a 404 error page in your 
browser means at least that the server is up and running. Maybe you should 
analyse the debug messages printed by the server before it sends the error 
response.

Also, if you plan to use CHICKEN for serious web programming, I guess you 
should have a look at spiffy, the more full featured server built on top 
of the http egg. Or if you are running something like Apache already you 
might be interested in the SCGI provider egg.

cu,
Thomas