Serving static assets
Hi, I would like to have an example about serving static folders in Payload. Theses files can be used for instance in admin.meta.favicon field in payload.config.ts.
Here is my project tree:
I tried using express.static in my server.ts as follow but this does not work:
app.use('/public', express.static('assets/public')); => give 404 on localhost:3000/public
app.use('/public', express.static(__dirname + '/assets/public')); => also give 404 localhost:3000/public
Is there any example/documentation about serving static files in Payload that I can take a look at ? Thanks a lots !
This is really an express question more than to do with Payload.
When you say you get a 404 from
localhost:3000/publicare you specifying the file too as inlocalhost:3000/public/favicon.ico? The expected result for hitting just the directory path is a 404 unless you have a handler set also.Assuming that you are requesting files it has to be a problem with how you are calling express.static. We use
path.resolve(__dirname, './assets/public')rather than+to concat path names together.What happens if you try
app.use('/public', express.static(path.resolve(__dirname, './assets/public'));?1 replyThanks a lots,
(path.resolve()indeed solves the problem !
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