Match anything after a prefix

[pkese]

On a backend data server in development mode I'm serving some static html assets from a production site,
so I'm redirecting all requests starting with /static to some other server.

let redirectHandler targetHost permanent _url : EndpointHandler =
    fun ctx -> redirectTo $"%s{targetHost}{ctx.Request.Path}" permanent ctx

let endpoints = [
  subRoute "/api" [ apiEndpoints ]
  routef "/static/{%s}" (redirectHandler "http://frontend.server" true)
]

Problem is that this is redirecting just the files in the root directory but not in subdirectories.

Is there a way to instruct Oxpecker to match everything after the prefix?

I think I could write a custom Endpoint and put it into a subRoute, but it looks like that requires some boilerplate and doesn't seem to be documented.

[Lanayx]

@pkese You should be able to use * or ** like that route "/static/{**slug}" ... (see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/aspnet/core/fundamentals/routing?view=aspnetcore-8.0#route-templates) and then use ctx.TryGetRouteValue to get slug. This technique is not currently available with routef and %s, but I'll check if this can be added.

[pkese]

This works perfectly. Amazing. Thanks.

All it needs is a line or two of documentation.

let redirectHandler targetHost permanent : EndpointHandler =
    fun ctx -> redirectTo $"%s{targetHost}{ctx.Request.Path}" permanent ctx

let endpoints = [
  subRoute "/api" [ apiEndpoints ]
  route "/static/{**path}" (redirectHandler "http://frontend.server" true)
]

[Lanayx]

I've just published a new version with catch-all routes support for routef and also updated documentation

[pkese]

You really rock.

Oxpecker is such a great library.