Generate webui dist files as part of build.rs

README.md

@@ -63,6 +63,8 @@ Just a regular Rust binary build process.
 
     cargo build --release
 
+The "webui" feature requires npm and python3 installed.
+
 ## Useful options
 
 ### -v <log-level>

crates/librqbit/Cargo.toml

@@ -80,6 +80,9 @@ lru = { version = "0.12.3", optional = true }
 mime_guess = { version = "2.0.5", default-features = false }
 tokio-socks = "0.5.2"
 
+[build-dependencies]
+anyhow = "1"
+
 [dev-dependencies]
 futures = { version = "0.3" }
 tracing-subscriber = "0.3"

crates/librqbit/build.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+use anyhow::{bail, Context};
+use std::path::Path;
+use std::process::Command;
+
+fn run_cmd(cwd: &Path, cmd: &str) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
+    #[cfg(target_os = "windows")]
+    let (shell, shell_args) = ("powershell", ["-command"].as_slice());
+    #[cfg(not(target_os = "windows"))]
+    let (shell, shell_args) = ("bash", ["-c"].as_slice());
+
+    // Run "npm install" in the webui directory
+    let output = Command::new(shell)
+        .args(shell_args)
+        .arg(cmd)
+        .current_dir(cwd)
+        .output()
+        .with_context(|| format!("Failed to execute {} in {:?}", cmd, cwd))?;
+
+    if !output.status.success() {
+        bail!(
+            "\"{}\" failed\n\nstderr: {}\n\nstdout: {}",
+            cmd,
+            String::from_utf8_lossy(&output.stderr),
+            String::from_utf8_lossy(&output.stdout)
+        );
+    }
+
+    // Optionally print the stdout output if you want to see the build logs
+    println!("{}", String::from_utf8_lossy(&output.stdout));
+
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+fn main() {
+    #[cfg(feature = "webui")]
+    {
+        let webui_dir = Path::new("webui");
+        let webui_src_dir = webui_dir.join("src");
+
+        println!("cargo:rerun-if-changed={}", webui_src_dir.to_str().unwrap());
+
+        // Run "npm install && npm run build" in the webui directory
+        for cmd in ["npm install", "npm run build"] {
+            run_cmd(webui_dir, cmd).unwrap();
+        }
+    }
+}

crates/librqbit/webui/package.json

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   "type": "module",
   "scripts": {
     "dev": "vite",
-    "build": "vite build && ./post-build",
+    "build": "vite build && python3 post-build",
     "preview": "vite preview"
   },
   "dependencies": {