actix-web-static-files

Crates.ioactix-web-static-files
lib.rsactix-web-static-files
version4.1.1
created_at2019-08-07 20:43:01.046835+00
updated_at2025-09-07 07:55:16.688421+00
descriptionactix-web static files as resources support.
homepagehttps://github.com/kilork/actix-web-static-files
repositoryhttps://github.com/kilork/actix-web-static-files
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Alexander Korolev (kilork)

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actix-web static files as resources support

Legal

Dual-licensed under MIT or the Unlicense.

Features

  • Embed static resources in single self-contained executable
  • Serve static resources in actix-web
  • Install dependencies with npm package manager
  • Run custom npm run commands (such as webpack)
  • Support for npm-like package managers (yarn)
  • Support for angular-like routers

Compatibility notes

  • actix-web-static-files is compatible with actix-web version 4.x.y.
  • static-files with version 0.2.x is default.
  • static-files with version 0.3.x is recommended for new projects or when you want to use the latest features and improvements. It is enabled with feature static-files-03. Examples also reference static-files with version 0.3.x.

Usage

Use-case 1: Static resources folder

Create folder with static resources in your project (for example static):

cd project_dir
mkdir static
echo "<p>Hello, world\!</p>" > static/index.html

Add to Cargo.toml dependencies related to actix-web-static-files:

[dependencies]
actix-web = "4"
actix-web-static-files = { version = "4.1", features = ["static-files-03"] }
static-files = "0.3.1"

[build-dependencies]
static-files = "0.3.1"

[dev-dependencies]
reqwest.workspace = true
assert_cmd.workspace = true

Add build.rs with call to bundle resources:

use static_files::resource_dir;

fn main() -> std::io::Result<()> {
    resource_dir("./static").build()
}

Include generated code in src/main.rs:

use actix_web::{App, HttpServer};
use actix_web_static_files::ResourceFiles;

include!(concat!(env!("OUT_DIR"), "/generated.rs"));

#[actix_web::main]
async fn main() -> std::io::Result<()> {
    let listen = std::env::var("LISTEN").unwrap_or_else(|_| "127.0.0.1:8081".into());
    let server = HttpServer::new(|| {
        let generated = generate();
        App::new().service(ResourceFiles::new("/", generated))
    })
    .bind(listen)?;

    if let Some(addr) = server.addrs().first() {
        println!("{:05}", addr.port());
    }

    let handle = actix_web::rt::spawn(server.run());

    handle.await?
}

Run the server:

cargo run

Request the resource:

$ curl -v http://localhost:8080/
*   Trying ::1...
* TCP_NODELAY set
* Connection failed
* connect to ::1 port 8080 failed: Connection refused
*   Trying 127.0.0.1...
* TCP_NODELAY set
* Connected to localhost (127.0.0.1) port 8080 (#0)
> GET / HTTP/1.1
> Host: localhost:8080
> User-Agent: curl/7.64.1
>
< HTTP/1.1 200 OK
< content-length: 20
< content-type: text/html
< etag: "14:606a2226"
< date: Sun, 23 May 2021 19:46:42 GMT
<
* Connection #0 to host localhost left intact
<p>Hello, world!</p>* Closing connection 0

See also:

Use-case 2: package.json - npm managed folder

Create folder with static resources in your project (for example static):

cd project_dir
mkdir static_packages
cd static_packages
echo '{}' > package.json
# install your npm dependencies (here we use fontawesome as an example)
npm install --save-dev @fortawesome/fontawesome-free

Add generated folder to ignore file of your version control system (here: git):

cd project_dir
echo "static_packages/node_modules" >> .gitignore

Add dependencies and build-dependencies in Cargo.toml same way as in the first use-case.

Add build.rs with call to bundle resources:

use static_files::npm_resource_dir;

fn main() -> std::io::Result<()> {
    npm_resource_dir("./static_packages")?.build()
}

Include generated code in main.rs same way as in the first use-case.

Reference resources in your HTML (static/index.html):

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
    <meta charset="utf-8">
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1, shrink-to-fit=no">
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="/static/@fortawesome/fontawesome-free/css/all.css">
    <script defer src="/static/@fortawesome/fontawesome-free/js/all.js"></script>
    <title>Hi</title>
</head>
<body>
    <i class="fas fa-thumbs-up"></i>
</body>
</html>

Use-case 3: package.json - WebPack usage

Create folder with static resources in your project (for example web), install required packages and webpack:

cd project_dir
mkdir -p web/src
cd web
echo -e "node_modules\ndist" > .gitignore
echo '{}' > package.json


# install lodash for usage in example
npm install --save lodash

# install webpack npm dependencies
npm install webpack webpack-cli html-webpack-plugin clean-webpack-plugin --save-dev

Add web/webpack.config.js:

const path = require("path");
const { CleanWebpackPlugin } = require("clean-webpack-plugin");
const HtmlWebpackPlugin = require("html-webpack-plugin");

module.exports = {
  entry: "./src/index.js",
  plugins: [
    new CleanWebpackPlugin(),
    new HtmlWebpackPlugin({
      title: "actix-web-static-files WebPack",
    }),
  ],
  output: {
    filename: "main.js",
    path: process.env.OUT_DIR
      ? path.resolve(process.env.OUT_DIR, "web", "dist", "bundle")
      : path.resolve(__dirname, "dist", "bundle"),
  },
};

Add web/src/index.js:

import _ from 'lodash';

function component() {
  const element = document.createElement('div');

  element.innerHTML = _.join(['Hello', 'webpack'], ' ');

  return element;
}

document.body.appendChild(component());

Modify web/package.json by adding "scripts" sections:

{
  "dependencies": {
    "lodash": "^4.17.21"
  },
  "devDependencies": {
    "clean-webpack-plugin": "^3.0.0",
    "html-webpack-plugin": "^5.2.0",
    "webpack": "^5.24.2",
    "webpack-cli": "^4.5.0"
  },
  "scripts": {
    "build": "webpack"
  }
}

Add to Cargo.toml dependency to actix-web-static-files as in the first use case.

Add build.rs with call to bundle resources:

use static_files::NpmBuild;

fn main() -> std::io::Result<()> {
    unsafe {
        std::env::set_var("NODE_OPTIONS", "--openssl-legacy-provider");
    }
    NpmBuild::new("web")
        .install()?
        .run("build")?
        .target("web/dist/bundle")
        .change_detection()
        .to_resource_dir()
        .build()
}

Include generated code in src/main.rs:

use actix_web::{App, HttpServer};

include!(concat!(env!("OUT_DIR"), "/generated.rs"));

#[actix_web::main]
async fn main() -> std::io::Result<()> {
    let listen = std::env::var("LISTEN").unwrap_or_else(|_| "127.0.0.1:8084".into());
    let server = HttpServer::new(|| {
        let generated = generate();
        App::new().service(actix_web_static_files::ResourceFiles::new("/", generated))
    })
    .bind(listen)?;

    if let Some(addr) = server.addrs().first() {
        println!("{:05}", addr.port());
    }

    let handle = actix_web::rt::spawn(server.run());

    handle.await?
}

Run the server:

cargo run

Request the resource:

$ curl -v http://localhost:8080
*   Trying ::1...
* TCP_NODELAY set
* Connection failed
* connect to ::1 port 8080 failed: Connection refused
*   Trying 127.0.0.1...
* TCP_NODELAY set
* Connected to localhost (127.0.0.1) port 8080 (#0)
> GET / HTTP/1.1
> Host: localhost:8080
> User-Agent: curl/7.64.1
>
< HTTP/1.1 200 OK
< content-length: 199
< content-type: text/html
< etag: "c7:5e403845"
< date: Sun, 09 Feb 2020 16:51:45 GMT
<
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <meta charset="UTF-8">
    <title>actix-web-static-files WebPack</title>
  </head>
  <body>
  <script type="text/javascript" src="main.js"></script></body>

See also:

Use-case 4: yarn package manager

We can use another package manager instead of npm. For example, to use yarn add .executable("yarn") to NpmBuild call:

use static_files::NpmBuild;

fn main() -> std::io::Result<()> {
    NpmBuild::new("web")
        .executable("yarn")
        .install()?
        .run("build")?
        .target("web/dist/bundle")
        .change_detection()
        .to_resource_dir()
        .build()
}

See also:

Use-case 5: Angular-like applications

If you are using Angular as frontend, you may want to resolve all not found calls via index.html of the frontend application. To do this call the method resolve_not_found_to_root after the resource creation.

use actix_web::{middleware::Logger, App, HttpServer};
use actix_web_static_files::ResourceFiles;
use angular_example_frontend::generate;

#[actix_web::main]
async fn main() -> std::io::Result<()> {
    env_logger::init();
    HttpServer::new(move || {
        let generated = generate();
        App::new()
            .wrap(Logger::default())
            .service(ResourceFiles::new("/", generated).resolve_not_found_to_root())
    })
    .bind("127.0.0.1:8080")?
    .run()
    .await
}

Remember to place you static resource route after all other routes in this case.

You can check the complete example Angular Router Sample.

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