How do I serve .less and other file types from self-hosted ServiceStack?

Question

I have a web console that I'm building with ServiceStack's AppHostHttpListenerBase (i.e. self hosted).

I'd like to use less.js so I can use .less style sheets but ServiceStack always returns 'Forbidden' when an request is made to any file that isn't .js, .css, .html etc.

I tried using an httpmodule in the app.config to process path "*.less" instead but I'm not sure that ServiceStack self hosted interprets the config file fully.

Is there a way to configure ServiceStack to serve static content of arbitrary filetype?

I cannot understand anything from your question. If you mean html pages, this question and answer is helpful [Is it possible to serve HTML pages with ServiceStack?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/8199493/is-it-possible-to-serve-html-pages-with-servicestack) — stefan2410, Oct 03 '13 at 12:11
Apologies if wasn't clear. The question compiles to: "how do I serve .less files from self-hosted ServiceStack?" — Robin, Oct 03 '13 at 12:28
change your question title like you wrote, so your question will be useful to others. Glad you solve it. — stefan2410, Oct 03 '13 at 12:41

Robin · Accepted Answer · 2020-07-02T12:18:17.653

Solved this myself. Tip for life: explore with IntelliSense before confusing SO community!

public override void Configure(Funq.Container container)
{
    ServiceStack.Logging.LogManager.LogFactory = new ServiceStack.Logging.Support.Logging.ConsoleLogFactory();

    Plugins.Add(new ServiceStack.Razor.RazorFormat());

    var config = new EndpointHostConfig
    {
        CustomHttpHandlers = {
            { System.Net.HttpStatusCode.NotFound, new ServiceStack.Razor.RazorHandler("/notfound") }
        },
        EnableFeatures = Feature.All ^ Feature.Metadata
    };
    config.AllowFileExtensions.Add("less");
    SetConfig(config);
}

How do I serve .less and other file types from self-hosted ServiceStack?

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