Using external CSS file on a go web server

Question

I'm trying to implement a simple wiki as depicted here => https://golang.org/doc/articles/wiki/

I know this has been asked several times, but I can't get the static content to load in my code. It's stupid, I followed the instructions which let's me add a handler for static content but the CSS still does not get used in the html file.

I added the handlers like this:

http.Handle("tmp/css", http.StripPrefix("tmp/css", http.FileServer(http.Dir("tmp/css"))))
http.Handle("tmp/img", http.StripPrefix("tmp/img", http.FileServer(http.Dir("tmp/img"))))

The whole code can be seen here, on my github page => https://github.com/Skarlso/goprojects/tree/master/golangwiki

Thanks for the help! Gergely.

Please read: 404 page not found - Go rendering css file and Why do I need to use http.StripPrefix to access my static files?. Also note that your pages are availabe under /edit/ and /view/, but the HTML templates refer to relative css urls (so e.g. it will mean /view/css/styles.css - not what you want!). — icza
– icza, Commented Sep 15, 2015 at 7:31
Damn. :) Why not put this as an answer @icza? I would have accepted it. :) Also, thanks. I did not find these questions. I should have looked harder. :/ — Hannibal
– Hannibal, Commented Sep 15, 2015 at 7:35

Community · Accepted Answer · 2017-05-23 10:28:13Z

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Since you use relative paths (e.g. http.Dir("tmp/css"), it is important how (from which folder) you start your app.

Please read: 404 page not found - Go rendering css file and Why do I need to use http.StripPrefix to access my static files? for more details.

Also note that your pages are available under /edit/ and /view/, but the HTML templates include CSS resources using relative urls:

<link rel="stylesheet" href="css/styles.css">

So e.g. the result will be /view/css/styles.css - not what you want!

edited May 23, 2017 at 10:28

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answered Sep 15, 2015 at 7:36

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2 Comments

Hannibal Over a year ago

Thanks, it's working perfectly. Had to handle /view/css/ of course. Though I wonder if there is a better way of doing it rather than serving static content in order for a simple CSS and an IMG to be loaded?!

icza Over a year ago

@Hannibal You could embed small resources in the Go app itself, see What's the best way to bundle static resources in a Go program?

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