Where to put static files for Spark Web Framework?

Question

Where do I put files when trying to serve static files with the Spark web framework?

I haven't been able to find anything online - I'm beginning to suspect I don't understand anything about class paths, relative paths etc. for an Eclipse and Java project.

This paragraph about static files in Spark refers to /public, but I have no idea where that would be. Using windows, Eclipse Luna and my project is converted to use Maven.

I've tried looking at the code on GitHub, but I'm a little out of my depth trying to find it.

Answer 1

First you have to tell Spark where to search for the static files like this:

Spark.staticFiles.location("/public");

In Spark versions prior to 2.5, you should use:

Spark.staticFileLocation("/public");

Then your project should have a public folder under the resources folder like this

/src/main/resources/public/style.css

For example I added a style.css file there, so you should then access it like this:

http://localhost:4567/style.css

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If you want to serve a non-classpath folder, then you should use

Spark.staticFiles.externalLocation("/path/to/dir");

In Spark versions prior to 2.5, you should use:

Spark.externalStaticFileLocation("/path/to/dir");

Answer 2

I put my style sheets below my static content as follows:

staticFileLocation( "/web" );
/web/
  |-- index.html
  +-- styles/
        +
        +--- default.css

And the index.html

... <link href="styles/default.css" rel="stylesheet"   type="text/css" />

I also have other generated HTML pages as with freemarker. They just collect the path:

• /styles/default.css, or
• localhost:8081/styles/default.css

Shows the CSS way index gets it.

Source: https://groups.google.com/d/msg/sparkjava/5vMuK_5GEBU/vh_jHra75u0J

Answer 3

1. Right click your project on Eclipse, select create New -> Package. Give the new package a name, etc.

2. Put your static resources under that package, so we can be sure they're under your classpath.

3. In your Main class colde, call staticFileLocation("yourpackagename/");

Answer 4

1. Place your public directory into src/main/resources
2. Replace Spark.staticFileLocation("/public"); to Spark.staticFileLocation("public");