Go: serve CSS files with gorilla mux

Question

I have this directory structure and I'm using Gorilla mux:

Directory structure

twitter
    layout
        stylesheets
            log.css
        log.html
    twitter.go

Following the advice here: http://www.shakedos.com/2014/Feb/08/serving-static-files-with-go.html I did this:

var router = mux.NewRouter()

func ServeStatic(router *mux.Router, staticDirectory string) {
    staticPaths := map[string]string{
        "styles": staticDirectory + "stylesheets",
        }
    for pathName, pathValue := range staticPaths {
        pathPrefix := "/" + pathName + "/"
        router.PathPrefix(pathPrefix).Handler(http.StripPrefix(pathPrefix,
        http.FileServer(http.Dir(pathValue))))
    }
}

var staticDirectory = "/layout/"

func main() {
    (//other code)
    ServeStatic(router, staticDirectory)
}

Still I can't link the CSS file. What am I doing wrong?

How do you access the CSS file? Can you paste the URL you are trying to access? — nemo, Aug 17 '14 at 09:55

score 6 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 19 '14 at 02:55

6

Resolved.

I added this in func main()

router.PathPrefix("/").Handler(http.FileServer(http.Dir("./layout/")))

answered Aug 19 '14 at 02:55

user3918985

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 29 '16 at 12:35

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You can do this in a easier way without adding the extra line in main():

inside ServeStatic: add this: "."+ before pathValue

router.PathPrefix(pathPrefix).Handler(http.StripPrefix(pathPrefix,
            http.FileServer(http.Dir("."/pathValue))))

answered Feb 29 '16 at 12:35

Jorn

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Mar 08 '23 at 08:15

In your Go file:

func ServeStatic(router *mux.Router, staticDirectory string) {
staticPaths := map[string]string{
    "styles": staticDirectory + "stylesheets",
}
for pathName, pathValue := range staticPaths {
    pathPrefix := "/" + pathName + "/"
    router.PathPrefix(pathPrefix).Handler(http.StripPrefix(pathPrefix,
        http.FileServer(http.Dir(pathValue))))
}
// Add route prefix for stylesheets directory
router.PathPrefix("/stylesheets/").Handler(http.StripPrefix("/stylesheets/",
    http.FileServer(http.Dir(staticDirectory+"stylesheets/"))))
}

Then update your htmlfile with this link:

<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/stylesheets/log.css">

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