Are the two types of pages requesting the CSS by relative path?
For the main page, static/… should be correct, but for theocom/contributors/…,
it should probably be ../../static/…
If this is the issue, then you can refer to the static files by absolute path
or use request:path() in order to analyze how many path steps you need to go up
for generating relative URLs to the static files.
Just speculating, since I didn’t see your code or the generated HTML in greater
detail.
Gerrit
On 29.01.2024 15:49, Murray, Gregory wrote:
Hello,
I’m trying to build my first BaseX web application. I’ve got a RESTXQ function
for returning static files to the browser, and other RESTXQ functions
corresponding to URLs in the web application. The function for static files is
based on the one in DBA:
(:~ Returns the specified static file to the browser as binary data. :)
declare
%rest:GET
%rest:path('theocom/static/{$dir=.+}/{$file=.+}')
function c:file($dir as xs:string, $file as xs:string)
{
let $path := file:base-dir() || 'static/' || $dir || '/' || $file
return
(
web:response-header(
map { 'media-type': web:content-type($path) },
map { 'Content-Length': file:size($path) }
),
file:read-binary($path)
)
};
Another function returns the home page for the web application. That page works
just fine. The HTML document gets returned to the browser, and the static CSS
and image files are sent to the browser successfully.
(:~ Returns the home page for the entire web application. :)
declare
%rest:GET
%rest:path('theocom')
%output:method('html')
%output:html-version('5')
function c:home()
{
let $params := c:http-params()
return
(
c:extra-response-headers(),
home:get-home-page($params)
)
};
I have another RESTXQ function that corresponds to a URL that goes deeper into
the web application:
(:~ Returns a page listing contributors (libraries whose content we've
imported), for browsing. :)
declare
%rest:GET
%rest:path('theocom/contributors/{$alpha=[a-z]}')
%output:method('html')
%output:html-version('5')
function /c:browse-contributors/($alpha as xs:string)
{
let $params :=
/map:merge/(
(
/map:entry/("browse", "contributor"),
/map:entry/("alpha", /upper-case/($alpha)),
/c:http-params/()
)
)
return
(
/c:extra-response-headers/(),
/browse:contributors/($params)
)
};
The problem I’m having is that on this page, the browser returns 404 for the static
files, even though the code for the HTML <head> where the CSS files are linked
is identical to the home page. Am I doing something wrong, or is the BaseX RESTXQ
implementation doing something unexpected?
Thanks,
Greg
Gregory Murray
Director of Digital Initiatives
Wright Library
Princeton Theological Seminary
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