Static file server

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Static file server

Here are the sample source

In this section, we let the server to desplay the files at /public/<filename> if the user access /files/<filename>. i.e. static file server.

See https://actix.rs/docs/static-files/

Add dependencies

Add

# Cargo.toml

actix-files = "0.6.0"

in the dependency list in the Cargo.toml.

Add routing to /public directory

Add

// src/main.rs

use actix_files;

and add

// src/main.rs

    HttpServer::new(|| {
        App::new()
            // enable logger
            .wrap(middleware::Logger::default())

            // with path parameters
            // **Newly added here**
            // GET /files/**/*.html and return the file /public/**/*.html
            .service(actix_files::Files::new("/files", "public").show_files_listing())

            // register simple handler, handle all methods
            .service(web::resource("/index.html").to(index))
            // with path parameters
            .service(web::resource("/").route(web::get().to(|| async {
                HttpResponse::Found()
                    .append_header(("LOCATION", "/index.html"))
                    .finish()
            })))
    })
    .bind_openssl("127.0.0.1:8443", builder)?
    .run()
    .await

Add some test files and test

create and add some test files in /public directory

mkdir public
cd public
echo "This is a test" > test.html

The directory structure will become as follows:

public/
└── test.html

Run the backend and access

cargo run

and

curl https://127.0.0.1:8443/files/test.html

with the other terminal.

or access https://127.0.0.1:8443/files/test.html on browser.

You will get This is a test if it goes fine.