What does /static/ mean in this code?

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Im trying to serve static html file in GO. This is how my code in main() looks like.

http.Handle("/", http.FileServer(http.Dir("/static/")))
http.ListenAndServe(":8989", nil)

It works but i dont understand what does static mean! Someone please explain.

This is how your folder for serving static files is defined. — Endre Simo, Mar 09 '16 at 11:28
Replace "/static/" with "/" and see whether your question goes away. — voutasaurus, Mar 09 '16 at 17:03
Alternatively you could read the godoc for the http package, which I would advise anyway. — voutasaurus, Mar 09 '16 at 17:04

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 09 '16 at 11:37

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Here, /static/ is the path to the directory that will be used to serve the requests.

Depending on your setup, you proabably want to set it to a relative path instead of an absolute one…

answered Mar 09 '16 at 11:37

Elwinar

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But where is this /static/. Is it in my project file or where? – David Rojko Mar 09 '16 at 11:50
Its the physical directory on your machine… – Elwinar Mar 09 '16 at 13:07

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 09 '16 at 11:46

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This means that whenever you handle requests that serves HTTP requests with the contents of the file system rooted at root, it try to server files declared in http.Dir which uses the operating system's file system implementation.

This means that whenever you access your web server index url it will try to serve files under the operating system /static/ directory.

To serve a directory on disk under an alternate URL path you can use StripPrefix to modify the request URL's path before the FileServer sees it.

http.Handle("/static/", http.StripPrefix("/static/", http.FileServer(http.Dir("/your/directory/to/static/files"))))
http.ListenAndServe(":8989", nil)

answered Mar 09 '16 at 11:46

Endre Simo

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And where is this operating system /static/ directory in ubuntu? – David Rojko Mar 09 '16 at 11:56
Are you sure you are not using relative paths? – Endre Simo Mar 09 '16 at 12:30
@SimoEndre The literal `/static/` is the URL that your Go application will serve files. Those files come from (using the above answer) `/your/directory/to/static/files` - that is, anywhere you'd like. – elithrar Mar 09 '16 at 14:16
Thanks i figured it out. Much appriciated – David Rojko Mar 10 '16 at 07:18

What does /static/ mean in this code?

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