Serving Content

[john144]

I am new to the Watson Webserver. I am working through the Test.Routing and Test.Default examples, and having trouble figuring out how to code a request in the browser that would display content. I see where the routes are added, but I don't see any handlers for them. Are there built-in default handlers? Do I need to write a handler? Ultimately, I would like to serve web pages that reference javascript, images and style sheets. Thanks.

            _Server.Routes.PreAuthentication.Content.Add("/html/", true);
            _Server.Routes.PreAuthentication.Content.Add("/large/", true);
            _Server.Routes.PreAuthentication.Content.Add("/img/watson.jpg", false);

[jchristn]

Great catch @john144 - the Routing.ContentHandler must be assigned. I'll work to update the projects and documentation.

In the meantime, you can instantiate ContentRouteHandler and map that to Routing.ContentHandler for the default handler.

[jchristn]

Hi @john144 here's how I amended the Test.Default project:

e.g.

_Server.Routes.PreAuthentication.Content.Add("/html/", true);
_Server.Routes.PreAuthentication.Content.Add("/large/", true);
_Server.Routes.PreAuthentication.Content.Add("/img/watson.jpg", false);
_Server.Routes.PreAuthentication.ContentHandler = new ContentRouteHandler(_Server.Routes.PreAuthentication.Content);

Will push this to github in a moment!

[jchristn]

BTW, I'm updating to v6.1.0 and moving the handler into the ContentRouteManager to make this much easier. It can still be overloaded.

[jchristn]

Done, please give it a go w/ v6.1.1.

[john144]

Thanks a lot for the fix. I was able to get both the JPG and the HTML working, then I added a large HTML file of my own. The images and style also rendered as expected. What solved it was your fix, your example, and the fact that these sub-folders must be in the same folder as the executable.

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Done, please give it a go w/ v6.1.1.

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[jchristn]

Awesome! You can also use explicit paths instead of relative paths if you want to hold the files elsewhere

[john144]

I looked through the server code and figured out how to change the BaseDirectory. Also, how to do a redirect, so I can just say "/help", and it gets redirected to wherever the help page is located.

I just filed an issue I found with the latest version: ContentHandler missing from Version 6.1.1

Incidentally, in my search for an HTTP server to include with my C# project, only Watson Webserver turned up in my search. I don't know much about web servers or how they work, but it was easy for me to search through the source code and find what I needed. I haven't changed any server code. I just wanted to out how to do something. My project is now mostly working, but I needed to rewrite it into a WinForms app.

Also, I have been using your DatabaseWrapper for my SQLite database. It's easy to use and works great. Thanks for all the packages you have written.

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Awesome! You can also use explicit paths instead of relative paths if you want to hold the files elsewhere

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[jchristn]

Thanks @john144 for the kind words! I'm glad to hear the libraries are working out for you. Cheers, Joel