use whitenoise to serve static files

chr-peters · Mar 17, 2021 · a0d0c94 · a0d0c94
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diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ markupsafe==1.1.1
  # via jinja2
 werkzeug==1.0.1
  # via flask
+whitenoise==5.2.0
+ # via strong-but-simple-passwords (setup.py)
 
 # The following packages are considered to be unsafe in a requirements file:
 # setuptools
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
@@ -5,5 +5,5 @@
  version="0.1.0",
  packages=find_packages(),
  include_package_data=True,
- install_requires=["flask", "gunicorn"],
+ install_requires=["flask", "whitenoise", "gunicorn"],
 )
diff --git a/strong_but_simple_passwords/__init__.py b/strong_but_simple_passwords/__init__.py
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 from flask import Flask
+from whitenoise import WhiteNoise
+from pathlib import Path
 from .config import get_config_from_env_vars
 from . import views
 
@@ -13,4 +15,8 @@ def create_app(config=None):
 
  app.add_url_rule("/", "index", view_func=views.index, methods=("GET", "POST"))
 
+ # use whitenoise to serve static files
+ static_root = Path(__file__).parent / "static/"
+ app.wsgi_app = WhiteNoise(app.wsgi_app, root=static_root, prefix="static/")
+
  return app