package routes import ( "net/http" "os" "path/filepath" ) // SpaHandler implements the http.Handler interface, so we can use it // to respond to HTTP requests. The path to the static directory and // path to the index file within that static directory are used to // serve the SPA in the given static directory. type SpaHandler struct { staticPath string indexPath string } func NewSpaHandler(staticPath string, indexPath string) SpaHandler { return SpaHandler{ indexPath: indexPath, staticPath: staticPath, } } // ServeHTTP inspects the URL path to locate a file within the static dir // on the SPA handler. If a file is found, it will be served. If not, the // file located at the index path on the SPA handler will be served. This // is suitable behavior for serving an SPA (single page application). func (h SpaHandler) ServeHTTP(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) { // get the absolute path to prevent directory traversal path, err := filepath.Abs(r.URL.Path) if err != nil { // if we failed to get the absolute path respond with a 400 bad request // and stop http.Error(w, err.Error(), http.StatusBadRequest) return } // prepend the path with the path to the static directory path = filepath.Join(h.staticPath, path) // check whether a file exists at the given path _, err = os.Stat(path) if os.IsNotExist(err) { // file does not exist, serve index.html http.ServeFile(w, r, filepath.Join(h.staticPath, h.indexPath)) return } else if err != nil { // if we got an error (that wasn't that the file doesn't exist) stating the // file, return a 500 internal server error and stop http.Error(w, err.Error(), http.StatusInternalServerError) return } // otherwise, use http.FileServer to serve the static dir http.FileServer(http.Dir(h.staticPath)).ServeHTTP(w, r) }