Extension and static folder

[josejachuf]

I'm trying to create an extension. I have many doubts, but for now I consult the following:
My extension I want to be an app.module. How do I tell it that my static directory is one inside the extension's project?
I can pass the template directory with template_folder or template_path, but to static I don't know how to do it
What I want is for everything to be self-contained in the project directory
Jose

[gi0baro]

Hi @josejachuf, it's not possible to have a separated static source, thus you have 2 options:

• copying your static files to the application static folder in your extension on_load method
• add a route within your module to serve those static files from the correct location

The 2nd option would be something like this:

from emmett import response
from emmett.http import HTTPFile

def stream_route():
    full_path = "something/in/your/module.js"
    raise HTTPFile(
        full_path,
        headers=response.headers,
        cookies=response.cookies
    )

then in your on_load bind the route:

def on_load(self):
    self.app.route("/someurl")(stream_route)

you can probably get the paths dynamically with something like os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)).