How can I render a simple html page using play framework?

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Solution 1

Here is my solution:

in routes: I do some configurations as following.

GET     /hello.html                 controllers.Assets.at(path="/public/html", file="hello.html")
GET     /public/javascripts/jquery-1.9.0.min.js     controllers.Assets.at(path="/public/javascripts", file="jquery-1.9.0.min.js")
GET     /public/stylesheets/bootstrap.css           controllers.Assets.at(path="/public/stylesheets", file="bootstrap.css")

and then the file structure is as below:

public->HTML->hello.html
public->javascripts->jquery-1.9.0.min.js
public->stylesheets->bootstrap.css

for hello.html , here is its content.

<!DOCTYPE html>    
<html lang="en">
<head>
    <meta charset="utf-8">
    <link rel='stylesheet' type='text/css' href='/public/stylesheets/bootstrap.css'>
</head>    
<body>
    <script src="/public/javascripts/jquery-1.9.0.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
</body>
</html>

After these three steps, you can use outside HTML directly. No need to follow Play template to do front-end development work. So now, Play only is responsible for back-end. Front-end developer only needs to operate this public file to do development.

Solution 2

Of course, put your whole static html ie. in index.scala.html and use simplest possible way:

public static Result index(){
    return ok(index.render());
}

That are the basics, you should go trough Play's documentation and samples

Solution 3

GET / controllers.Assets.at(path="/public/html", file="index.html")

This is working in my case with play 2.0.1. Hierarchy is public - html ---index.html

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nightograph

Updated on June 05, 2022

Comments

nightograph almost 2 years

Is it a way to render a pure html file with play framework version 2? I don't want to put it in public/ folder because later on there will be some dynamic information added to it.
blackbox almost 12 years

Just want to mention that this is the java version... Scala version wouldn't be much different though.
biesior almost 12 years

@blackbox: You're absolutely right, nightograph didn't mention which version is he using, however these topics can be easily learned with Play's documentation and samples, for both - Java and Scala
Somatik almost 12 years

I think he's looking for a way to render a html page in /public
Somatik almost 12 years

sorry, somehow missed that, should I remove bad comments?
biesior almost 12 years

Well mistake is not a sin, as you wish, I think, that we can remove all comments that doesn't bring something new to the topic
nightograph almost 12 years

Hey guys, I actually mentioned it in the question that I don't want the files in the public folder since they will be turned into templates in the future. Coming from play 1.2 I was kind of looking for the same functionality e.g renderTemplate("foo.html") - blackbox answer was sufficient. i was hoping there was less restriction for the naming
nightograph almost 12 years

@somatik actually that's a interesting question too! is it possible to render a html file in the public folder without redirecting the url?