Rendering and JSON

There are many ways to render a response.

Groovy text

If you prefer to use a plain old text document with embedded groovy (much like a GString), you can use the TextTemplateModule:

import ratpack.groovy.template.TextTemplateModule;
import static ratpack.groovy.Groovy.groovyTemplate;
import static ratpack.groovy.Groovy.ratpack;
ratpack {
    bindings {
        module TextTemplateModule
    }
    handlers {
        get(":key") {
            def key = pathTokens.key
            render groovyTemplate("index.html", title: "$key")
        }
    }
}

Then create a file named index.html in the src/main/resources/templates directory with the following content: ...