Make root point to static webpage in Vapor - vapor

Question

I have a static web page stored in the Public folder of my Vapor server. It has an index.html file. However when I navigate to root (http://localhost:8080) it displays Not found.
What I need to do make root point to index.html?

Answer 1

On Vapor 3, adding a home route worked for me. Specifically, I added the route in routes.swift like this:
router.get { req -> Future<View> in
let dir = DirectoryConfig.detect()
let path = dir.workDir + "/Public/index.html"
return try req.view().render(path)
}

Answer 2

For Vapor 4 ...
Inside routes.swift:
app.get { req -> EventLoopFuture<View> in
return req.view.render(app.directory.publicDirectory + "index.html")
}
This assumes you have a "Public" folder in your project directory root with an index.html file inside.
Also, in configure.swift:
app.middleware.use(FileMiddleware(publicDirectory: app.directory.publicDirectory))
Build project, run server, and point a browser to localhost:8080, you don't even have to specify localhost:8080/index.html, it just goes.

Answer 3

You could create a middleware to handle this.
import Vapor
final class IndexPageMiddleware: Middleware {
func respond(to request: Request, chainingTo next: Responder) -> EventLoopFuture<Response> {
// check if path is /
guard request.url.path == "/" else {
// otherwise pass to next responder
return next.respond(to: request)
}
// respond with index
let indexPath = request.application.directory.publicDirectory + "/index.html"
let response = request.fileio.streamFile(at: indexPath)
return request.eventLoop.makeSucceededFuture(response)
}
}
then in configure.swift add the following
app.middleware.use(IndexPageMiddleware())