The code below is an initial pass at a ServiceStack plugin to support the angularjs configuration $locationProvider.html5Mode(true);
when servicestack is self-hosted (as requested here: Routing path with ServiceStack and Serving default index.html page when using Angular HTML5mode and Servicestack on the backend). I think I've got a good general solution, with one last question (other than switching this to a Feature
naming convention in line with other plugins).
How can I generically handle any supported default document type in my ProcessRequest? Right now the function assumes markdown. I'm hoping there is a more elegant solution than a switch statement off the file extension. Ideally I'd like to call something that would continue to work as more default document types are supported over time.
// This code does not yet work, and omits required methods for the sake of brevity.
// I'll update with a link to the final plugin, once I get it working.
Public Class Html5ModeHandler : IPlugin
{
private String pathInfo = String.Empty;
public void Register(IAppHost appHost)
{
appHost.CatchAllHandlers.Add((string method, string pathInfo, string filepath) =>
Factory(method, pathInfo, filepath));
}
private Html5ModeHandler(string pathInfo)
{
this.pathInfo = pathInfo;
}
Public Html5ModeHandler Factory(method, pathInfo, filepath)
{
String root = String.Empty;
// loop through catchallhandlers
if (EndpointHost.CatchAllHandlers != null)
{
foreach (var httpHandlerResolver in EndpointHost.CatchAllHandlers)
{
if (httpHandlerResolver == this.Factory) continue; // avoid infinite loop
var httpHandler = httpHandlerResolver(httpMethod, pathInfo, filePath);
if (httpHandler != null)
// only handle request if no other handler is available
return null;
}
}
if (!(GetHandlerForPathInfo(method,pathInfo, pathInfo,filepath) is NotFoundHttpHandler) )
{
// GetHandlerForPathInfo replicates most of the logic from
// ServiceStackHttpHandlerFactory.GetHandler and ServiceStackHttpHandlerFactory.GetHandlerForPathInfo
// Bail if it returns something other than a NotFoundHttpHandler
return null;
}
foreach (var defaultDoc in EndpointHost.Config.DefaultDocuments)
{
var defaultFileName = Path.Combine(Directory.GetCurrentDirectory(), defaultDoc);
if (!File.Exists(defaultFileName)) continue;
root = root ? root : (String)defaultDoc; // keep the first default document found.
}
// support HTML5Mode for Single Page App - override NotFoundHttpHandler with default document
return new Html5ModeHandler("/" + root);
}
public override void ProcessRequest(IHttpRequest httpReq, IHttpResponse httpRes, string operationName)
{
// TODO: Generalize to handle any DefaultDocument type
MarkdownHandler handler = new MarkdownHandler(this.pathInfo);
handler.ProcessRequest(httpReq, httpRes, operationName);
}
}