hey_arnold.conf

##
#
#  Sample config file for a Sailor based website
#
# On Debian you may copy this file to /etc/nginx/sites-available and then link it on /etc/nginx/sites-enabled
#
##

# Use the luarock's path command to get the value for those and add the path to your code for lua_package_path
lua_package_path '/usr/local/share/lua/5.1/?.lua;/usr/local/share/lua/5.1/?/init.lua;/usr/share/lua/5.1//?.lua;/usr/share/lua/5.1//?/init.lua;./?.lua;/usr/local/share/lua/5.1/?.lua;/usr/local/share/lua/5.1/?/init.lua;/usr/local/lib/lua/5.1/?.lua;/usr/local/lib/lua/5.1/?/init.lua;/usr/share/lua/5.1/?.lua;/usr/share/lua/5.1/?/init.lua;/var/www/html/hey_arnold/?.lua';
lua_package_cpath '/usr/local/lib/lua/5.1/?.so;./?.so;/usr/local/lib/lua/5.1/?.so;/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/lua/5.1/?.so;/usr/lib/lua/5.1/?.so;/usr/local/lib/lua/5.1/loadall.so';

server {
    listen 80 default_server;

    ## For IPv6
    # listen [::]:80 default_server; 

    root /var/www/html/hey_arnold/; # where your site is

    index index.lua; # if no path is expecified the URI will be /index.lua

    server_name _;

    location ~* ^.+\.(?:css|eot|js|json|png|svg|ttf|woff)$ { }

    location ~ ^/(.+) {
        lua_need_request_body on;
        lua_code_cache off;
        content_by_lua_file /var/www/html/hey_arnold/index.lua; # Path to index.lua inside your website
        ## the Lua code bellow will build the controller/action parameter from the user friendly URL
        rewrite_by_lua '
            -- if the request is NOT to the website index like http://example.com/
            if ngx.var.uri ~= "/index.lua" then
                local utils = require "web_utils.utils"
                local path = utils.split(ngx.var.uri,[[/]])
                local args = {}
                local start
                -- if both the controller and the action are expecified
                if #path % 2 == 0 then
                    args[#args+1] = "r="..path[1]..[[/]]..path[2]
                    start = 3
                else
                    args[#args+1] = "r="..path[1]
                    start = 2
                end
                for i=start,#path,2 do
                    args[#args+1] = path[i].."="..tostring(path[i+1])
                end
                ngx.req.set_uri_args(table.concat(args,"&"))
            end
            ngx.req.set_uri("/index.lua")
        ';
    }
}