Serving static files with ring/compojure - from a war

Question

Using ring (and the lein-ring tools) - I am able to serve up static files from "resources" etc as per the docs when running in development - however - when I package things up via lien uberwar I have no idea how to make it serve those files when running in a container. I see conflicting docs on wrap-resource, or setting :resource-path but none seem to work.

Solution 1

As per Compojure's Getting Started Wiki, put route/resources below your paths:

(defroutes main-routes
  (GET "/" [] "<h1>Hello World Wide Web!</h1>")
  (route/resources "/")
  (route/not-found "Page not found"))

...and then, create a folder resources/public in your project, put your static files there. When referring to these files, the /resources/public is implicit, so you can write something like: (include-css "/css/site.css").

Here is an example that deploys to cloudbees.

Solution 2

compojure.route/resources should do what you want.

Just put the files in resources/public and then add a route (resources "/") near the end of your routes list.

You need a fairly recent lein-ring for this to work correctly; older versions of lein-ring don't support the resources directory for public assets.

Comments

[kristianlm]

is that supposed to be resources/public instead of resrouce/public?

[kristianlm]

sorry Michael, I can't spell! I was trying to say the resources directory is supposed to be in plural form, I think.