Build dynamic web pages with Lua and HTML.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="UTF-8">
  <title>User Profile</title>
</head>
<body>
  <h1>Welcome,
    <lua>return sm.cookies.username or "Guest"</lua>!
  </h1>
  <p>Current time: <lua>return os.date("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S")</lua></p>
</body>
</html>

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="UTF-8">
  <title>My awesome blog</title>
</head>
<body>
  <h1>Recent Posts</h1>
  <lua>
    local posts = {
      {url = "getting-started", title = "Getting started"},
      {url = "advanced-usage", title = "Advanced usage"},
      {url = "tips-and-tricks", title = "Tips & tricks"}
    }

    for _, post in posts do
      print('<a href="/posts/' .. post.url .. '">'
      .. post.title "</a>)
    end
  </lua>
</body>
</html>

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="UTF-8">
  <title>User DB list</title>
</head>
<body>
  <ul>
    <lua>
      local sqlite3 = require("lsqlite3")
      local db = sqlite3.open("users.db")

      for row in db:nrows("SELECT id, name, age FROM users") do
        print(string.format("<li>ID: %i <br />Name: %s <br />Age: %i",
        row.id, row.name, row.age))
      end
    </lua>
  </ul>
</body>
</html>

<lua>
  local json = require("cjson")
  local method = sm.request.REQUEST_METHOD

  sm.set_mime_type("application/json")

  if method == "GET" then
    local todos = {
      {id = 1, text = "Learn Silvermoon", completed = true},
      {id = 2, text = "Build an app", completed = false}
    }

    return json.encode(todos)
  else
    sm.set_http_code(400)
    return json.encode({
      success = false,
      message = "Unsupported request type"
    })
  end
</lua>