Can Razor Class Library pack static files (js, css etc) too?

Question

Maybe duplicate of this already, but since that post does not have any answer, I am posting this question.

The new Razor Class Library is awesome, but it cannot pack

Answer 1

I reached this issue long time ago. You may follow the article how to include static files in a razor library that explains how to get around this issue.

The solution I reached after a lot of investigation is not far from the accepted answer in this question:

1 Set the files as embedded resources

2 Include static files in the manifest

  
    netcoreapp2.1
    true
  

3 Find the relevant folders

(you can find more details in the linked article, even automatize this search from this article )

// first we get the assembly in which we want to embedded the files
var assembly = typeof(TypeInFeatureAssembly).Assembly;

// we filter only files including a wwwroot name part
filePaths = (from rn in assembly.GetManifestResourceNames().Where(rnn => rnn.Contains(".wwwroot."))
    let hasArea = rn.Contains(".Areas.")
    let root = rn.Substring(0, rn.LastIndexOf(".wwwroot.") + ".wwwroot.".Length)
    let rootPath = !hasArea ? root : root.Substring(0, root.IndexOf(".Areas."))
    let rootSubPath = !hasArea ? "" : root.Substring(root.IndexOf(".Areas.")).Replace('.', '/')
    select  hasArea ? rootSubPath.Substring(1, rootSubPath.Length - 2) : "wwwroot" )
    .Distinct().ToList();

This extracts all embedded resources in a wwwroot folder located in a relevant path.

4 Add the found paths to the webroot file provider

var allProviders = new List();
allProviders.Add(env.WebRootFileProvider);
allProviders.AddRange(filePaths.Select(t => new ManifestEmbeddedFileProvider(t.Assembly, t.Path)));
env.WebRootFileProvider = new CompositeFileProvider(allProviders);