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happs-tutorial-0.9.0: src/HSPExample.hs

{-# OPTIONS_GHC -F -pgmFtrhsx #-}
-- You might be wondering what's the point of this options declaration.  
-- It enables a particular preprocessor that allows the literal HTML syntax
-- for HSP.  Without it this example cannot compile.

import Happstack.Server
import Happstack.Server.HSP.HTML
import HSP
import System.Random

main :: IO ()
main = simpleHTTP nullConf{port=8080} home

{- Integrating HSP into Happstack is very simple.  One just lifts the HSP value into a ServerPartT with webHSP from
 Happstack.Server.HSP.HTML -}
home :: ServerPartT IO Response
home = webHSP $ <html>
                 <head>
                  <title>Simple HSP w/ Happstack Example</title>
                 </head>
                 <body>
                  <h1>HSP can be convenient</h1>
                   <ol>
                    <li>You can include your html in your Haskell file exactly as you'd expect.</li>
                    <li>You can include <%"haskell values"%> very easily in your code.</li>
                    <li>Or even IO actions: <%aux%>.</li> 
                    <li>Your HTML is parsed and built at compile time, so that is where mistakes are caught</li>
                   </ol>
                  </body>
                 </html>
  where aux = doIO $ show `fmap` randomRIO (0,100 :: Int)