Rails - Jul 2009 - Route to static folder (to browse files)

Hi -

I want to enable access to a directory inside my app''s public folder.
This means that when a user will navigate to http://myapp.com/files, he
will actually be accessing the root of RAILS_ROOT/public/files. This
folder will contain static files, and doesn''t really need any
controller/actions - mostly to be used as a static file server (js, css)
for another app.

I''m trying to accomplish that through the routes.rb file, but so far
w/o
success. Is it possible?

Thanks!
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Hey,

That shouldn''t need any modification to your routes. Unless you have a
very
peculiar setup, files from your ./public/ directory are automatically served
as static.

RAILS_ROOT/public/files/some_file.pdf

Should be accessible as:

http://myapp.com/files/some_file.pdf

Regards,
Gustav Paul

On Wed, Jul 22, 2009 at 11:47 AM, sa 125
<rails-mailing-list-ARtvInVfO7ksV2N9l4h3zg@public.gmane.org>wrote:
>
> Hi -
>
> I want to enable access to a directory inside my app''s public
folder.
> This means that when a user will navigate to http://myapp.com/files, he
> will actually be accessing the root of RAILS_ROOT/public/files. This
> folder will contain static files, and doesn''t really need any
> controller/actions - mostly to be used as a static file server (js, css)
> for another app.
>
> I''m trying to accomplish that through the routes.rb file, but so
far w/o
> success. Is it possible?
>
> Thanks!
> --
> Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.
>
> >
>
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Gustav Paul wrote:
> That shouldn''t need any modification to your routes. Unless you
have a
> very
> peculiar setup, files from your ./public/ directory are automatically 
> served
> as static.
> 
> RAILS_ROOT/public/files/some_file.pdf
> 
> Should be accessible as:
> 
> http://myapp.com/files/some_file.pdf
Gustav - you''re right, I was taking a long detour instead of the direct
rout (pun intended). Thanks!
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One additional note here for Apache users:  it is pretty standard to
turn off the "browsing" feature on directories.  If your virtual host
configuration allows for it you can override this option on a per
directory basis with .htaccess files.

To enable:
Options Indexes

To disable:
Options -Indexes


On Jul 22, 8:26 am, sa 125
<rails-mailing-l...-ARtvInVfO7ksV2N9l4h3zg@public.gmane.org>
wrote:
> Gustav - you''re right, I was taking a long detour instead of the
direct
> rout (pun intended). Thanks!
> --