Serve index.html at / by default in Compojure

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Kevin Burke picture Kevin Burke · Oct 11, 2011 · Viewed 11.1k times · Source

I have a static file called index.html that I'd like to serve when someone requests /. Usually web servers do this by default, but Compojure doesn't. How can I make Compojure serve index.html when someone requests /?

Here's the code I'm using for the static directory:

; match anything in the static dir at resources/public
(route/resources "/")

Answer

Paul picture Paul · Oct 11, 2011

An alternative could be to create either a redirect or a direct response in an additional route. Like so:

(ns compj-test.core
  (:use [compojure.core])
  (:require [compojure.route :as route]
            [ring.util.response :as resp]))

(defroutes main-routes
  (GET "/" [] (resp/file-response "index.html" {:root "public"}))
  (GET "/a" [] (resp/resource-response "index.html" {:root "public"}))
  (route/resources "/")
  (route/not-found "Page not found"))

The "/" route returns a file response of "index.html" which is present in the public folder. The "/a" route responds directly by 'inlineing' the file index.html.

More on ring responses: https://github.com/mmcgrana/ring/wiki/Creating-responses

EDIT: removed unnecessary [ring.adapter.jetty] import.

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