client: get site from go:embed

.github/workflows/build.yml

@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ jobs:
         env:
           GO111MODULE: "on"
         run: |
+          mkdir -p client/webserver/site/dist
+          touch client/webserver/site/dist/placeholder
           ./run_tests.sh
   build-js:
     name: Build JS

client/cmd/dexc/config.go

@@ -89,7 +89,8 @@ type Config struct {
 	NoWeb        bool   `long:"noweb" description:"disable the web server."`
 	Testnet      bool   `long:"testnet" description:"use testnet"`
 	Simnet       bool   `long:"simnet" description:"use simnet"`
-	ReloadHTML   bool   `long:"reload-html" description:"Reload the webserver's page template with every request. For development purposes."`
+	ReloadHTML   bool   `long:"reload-html" description:"(DEPRECATED) Reload the webserver's page template from disk with every request. Prevents use of any embedded UI files. For development purposes. This is deprecated. Use --no-embed-site instead."`
+	NoEmbedSite  bool   `long:"no-embed-site" description:"Use on-disk UI files instead of embedded resources. This also reloads the html template with every request. For development purposes."`
 	DebugLevel   string `long:"log" description:"Logging level {trace, debug, info, warn, error, critical}"`
 	LocalLogs    bool   `long:"loglocal" description:"Use local time zone time stamps in log entries."`
 	CPUProfile   string `long:"cpuprofile" description:"File for CPU profiling."`
@@ -215,5 +216,10 @@ func configure() (*Config, error) {
 		cfg.DBPath = defaultDBPath
 	}
 
+	if cfg.ReloadHTML {
+		fmt.Println("The --reload-html switch is deprecated. Use --no-embed-site instead, which has the same reloading effect.")
+		cfg.NoEmbedSite = cfg.ReloadHTML
+	}
+
 	return cfg, nil
 }

client/cmd/dexc/main.go

@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ func mainCore() error {
 			Addr:          cfg.WebAddr,
 			CustomSiteDir: cfg.SiteDir,
 			Logger:        logMaker.Logger("WEB"),
-			ReloadHTML:    cfg.ReloadHTML,
+			NoEmbed:       cfg.NoEmbedSite,
 			HttpProf:      cfg.HTTPProfile,
 			Language:      cfg.Language,
 		})

client/cmd/dexc/sample-dexc.conf

@@ -96,10 +96,11 @@
 ; Default is false.
 ; noweb=true
 
-; Reload the webserver's page template with every request. For development 
+; Do not use the embedded webserver site resources, instead reading them from
+; disk. Reload the webserver's page template with every request. For development
 ; purposes.
 ; Default is false.
-; reload-html=true
+; no-embed-site=true
 
 ; ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 ; Debug settings

client/webserver/live_test.go

@@ -1817,11 +1817,11 @@ func TestServer(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	s, err := New(&Config{
-		Core:       tCore,
-		Addr:       "[::1]:54321",
-		Logger:     logger,
-		ReloadHTML: true,
-		HttpProf:   true,
+		Core:     tCore,
+		Addr:     "[::1]:54321",
+		Logger:   logger,
+		NoEmbed:  true, // use files on disk, and reload on each page load
+		HttpProf: true,
 	})
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("error creating server: %v", err)

client/webserver/template.go

@@ -26,27 +26,35 @@ type templates struct {
 	templates map[string]pageTemplate
 	folder    string
 	locale    map[string]string
-	exec      func(string, interface{}) (string, error)
+	embedded  bool // used in exec and addTemplate
 	addErr    error
 }
 
 // newTemplates constructs a new templates.
-func newTemplates(folder, lang string, reload bool) *templates {
+func newTemplates(folder, lang string, embedded bool) *templates {
 	t := &templates{
 		templates: make(map[string]pageTemplate),
 		folder:    folder,
+		embedded:  embedded,
 	}
-	t.exec = t.execTemplateToString
-	if reload {
-		var found bool
-		// Make sure we have the expected directory structure.
-		if !folderExists(t.srcDir()) {
-			t.addErr = fmt.Errorf("reload-html set but source directory not found at %s", t.srcDir())
-		} else if t.locale, found = locales.Locales[lang]; !found {
-			t.addErr = fmt.Errorf("no translation dictionary found for lang %q", lang)
-		}
-		t.exec = t.execWithReload
+	// t.locale is only used in retranslate, which currently only applies when
+	// not using the embedded site resources, but check the lang anyway. TODO:
+	// We should aim to embed only the untranslated template, and translate
+	// those in-memory on template creation.
+	var found bool
+	if t.locale, found = locales.Locales[lang]; !found {
+		t.addErr = fmt.Errorf("no translation dictionary found for lang %q", lang)
+		return t
+	}
+	if embedded {
+		return t
 	}
+
+	// Make sure we have the expected directory structure.
+	if !folderExists(t.srcDir()) {
+		t.addErr = fmt.Errorf("no-embed-site set but source directory not found at %s", t.srcDir())
+	}
+
 	return t
 }
 
@@ -56,20 +64,20 @@ func (t *templates) filepath(name string) string {
 }
 
 // srcDir is the expected directory of the translation source templates. Only
-// used in development when the --reload-html flag is used.
+// used in development when the --no-embed-site flag is used.
 // <root>/localized_html/[lang] -> <root>/html
 func (t *templates) srcDir() string {
 	return filepath.Join(filepath.Dir(filepath.Dir(t.folder)), "html")
 }
 
 // srcPath is the path translation source. Only used in
-// development when the --reload-html flag is used.
+// development when the --no-embed-site flag is used.
 func (t *templates) srcPath(name string) string {
 	return filepath.Join(t.srcDir(), name+".tmpl")
 }
 
-// retranslate rebuilds the locallized html template. Only used in development
-// when the --reload-html flag is used.
+// retranslate rebuilds the localized html template. Only used in development
+// when the --no-embed-site flag is used.
 func (t *templates) retranslate(name string, preloads ...string) error {
 	for _, iName := range append(preloads, name) {
 		srcPath := t.srcPath(iName)
@@ -101,7 +109,8 @@ func (t *templates) retranslate(name string, preloads ...string) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-// addTemplate adds a new template. The template is specified with a name, which
+// addTemplate adds a new template. It can be embed from the binary or not, to
+// help with development. The template is specified with a name, which
 // must also be the base name of a file in the templates folder. Any preloads
 // must also be base names of files in the template folder, which will be loaded
 // in order before the name template is processed. addTemplate returns itself
@@ -115,14 +124,21 @@ func (t *templates) addTemplate(name string, preloads ...string) *templates {
 		files = append(files, t.filepath(preloads[i]))
 	}
 	files = append(files, t.filepath(name))
-	temp, err := template.New(name).Funcs(templateFuncs).ParseFiles(files...)
+
+	tmpl := template.New(name).Funcs(templateFuncs)
+	var err error
+	if t.embedded {
+		tmpl, err = tmpl.ParseFS(siteRes, files...)
+	} else {
+		tmpl, err = tmpl.ParseFiles(files...)
+	}
 	if err != nil {
 		t.addErr = fmt.Errorf("error adding template %s: %w", name, err)
 		return t
 	}
 	t.templates[name] = pageTemplate{
 		preloads: preloads,
-		template: temp,
+		template: tmpl,
 	}
 	return t
 }
@@ -135,56 +151,35 @@ func (t *templates) buildErr() error {
 	return err
 }
 
-// reloadTemplates relaods all templates. Use this during front-end development
-// when editing templates.
-func (t *templates) reloadTemplates() error {
-	var errorStrings []string
-	for name, tmpl := range t.templates {
-		t.addTemplate(name, tmpl.preloads...)
-		if t.buildErr() != nil {
-			log.Errorf(t.buildErr().Error())
-		}
-	}
-	if errorStrings == nil {
-		return nil
-	}
-	return fmt.Errorf(strings.Join(errorStrings, " | "))
-}
-
-// execTemplateToString executes the specified input template using the
-// supplied data, and writes the result into a string. If the template fails to
-// execute or isn't found, a non-nil error will be returned. Check it before
-// writing to the client, otherwise you might as well execute directly into
-// your response writer instead of the internal buffer of this function.
+// exec executes the specified input template using the supplied data, and
+// writes the result into a string. If the template fails to execute or isn't
+// found, a non-nil error will be returned. Check it before writing to the
+// client, otherwise you might as well execute directly into your response
+// writer instead of the internal buffer of this function.
+//
+// The template will be reloaded if using on-disk (not embedded) templates.
 //
 // DRAFT NOTE: Might consider writing directly to the the buffer here. Could
 // still set the error code appropriately.
-func (t *templates) execTemplateToString(name string, data interface{}) (string, error) {
-	temp, ok := t.templates[name]
-	if !ok {
-		return "", fmt.Errorf("Template %s not known", name)
-	}
-	var page strings.Builder
-	err := temp.template.ExecuteTemplate(&page, name, data)
-	return page.String(), err
-}
-
-// execWithReload is the same as execTemplateToString, but will reload the
-// template first.
-func (t *templates) execWithReload(name string, data interface{}) (string, error) {
+func (t *templates) exec(name string, data interface{}) (string, error) {
 	tmpl, found := t.templates[name]
 	if !found {
-		return "", fmt.Errorf("template %s not found", name)
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("template %q not found", name)
 	}
 
-	err := t.retranslate(name, tmpl.preloads...)
-	if err != nil {
-		return "", err
+	if !t.embedded {
+		err := t.retranslate(name, tmpl.preloads...)
+		if err != nil {
+			return "", err
+		}
+
+		t.addTemplate(name, tmpl.preloads...)
+		log.Debugf("reloaded HTML template %q", name)
 	}
 
-	t.addTemplate(name, tmpl.preloads...)
-	log.Debugf("reloaded HTML template %q", name)
-	return t.execTemplateToString(name, data)
+	var page strings.Builder
+	err := tmpl.template.ExecuteTemplate(&page, name, data)
+	return page.String(), err
 }
 
 // templateFuncs are able to be called during template execution.