Support for SPA Frameworks in StaticFiles?

[Kyle-Youn]

Hi,

I work in an industry where I need to serve static files directly through Starlette without using Nginx. As a junior developer, I apologize in advance if my explanation lacks clarity.

For example, I serve static files using the following:

app.mount("/ui", StaticFiles(directory=str(ui_path), html=True), name="ui")

However, when my React-built web page makes a request to /ui/viewer, it results in an HTTPException with a 404 error because viewer is a React routing URI, not an actual static file.

My questions:
Does StaticFiles have any built-in support for handling this issue with SPA frameworks?
If not, would you consider adding such functionality?
If you're open to adding it, could I contribute code and request a review?

I appreciate your time and look forward to your response. Thanks!

[alex-oleshkevich]

You need a catch-all route like Route('/ui/{path:path}') or Mount('/ui', app). It will intercept all requests and route them to a endpoint that serves your HTML file.

https://www.starlette.io/routing/#path-parameters