Hi Andy, I didn’t receive a reply from anyone named Gerrit, but I will watch for it. Meanwhile, thank you for your suggestion. I made the change you indicated, but unfortunately I’m still seeing the same behavior.
Thanks, Greg From: Andy Bunce <bunce.a...@gmail.com> Date: Monday, January 29, 2024 at 11:51 AM To: Murray, Gregory <gregory.mur...@ptsem.edu> Cc: basex-talk@mailman.uni-konstanz.de <basex-talk@mailman.uni-konstanz.de> Subject: Re: [basex-talk] RESTXQ oddity? You don't often get email from bunce.a...@gmail.com. Learn why this is important<https://aka.ms/LearnAboutSenderIdentification> In addition to Gerrit's comments... This line jumped out as problematic to me. %rest:path('theocom/static/{$dir=.+}/{$file=.+}') The pattern =.+ matches the rest of the path. You only need this once at the end of the path. Maybe just: %rest:path('theocom/static/{$dir}/{$file=.+}') /Andy On Mon, 29 Jan 2024 at 14:49, Murray, Gregory <gregory.mur...@ptsem.edu<mailto:gregory.mur...@ptsem.edu>> wrote: Hello, I’m trying to build my first BaseX web application. I’ve got a RESTXQ function for returning static files to the browser, and other RESTXQ functions corresponding to URLs in the web application. The function for static files is based on the one in DBA: (:~ Returns the specified static file to the browser as binary data. :) declare %rest:GET %rest:path('theocom/static/{$dir=.+}/{$file=.+}') function c:file($dir as xs:string, $file as xs:string) { let $path := file:base-dir() || 'static/' || $dir || '/' || $file return ( web:response-header( map { 'media-type': web:content-type($path) }, map { 'Content-Length': file:size($path) } ), file:read-binary($path) ) }; Another function returns the home page for the web application. That page works just fine. The HTML document gets returned to the browser, and the static CSS and image files are sent to the browser successfully. (:~ Returns the home page for the entire web application. :) declare %rest:GET %rest:path('theocom') %output:method('html') %output:html-version('5') function c:home() { let $params := c:http-params() return ( c:extra-response-headers(), home:get-home-page($params) ) }; I have another RESTXQ function that corresponds to a URL that goes deeper into the web application: (:~ Returns a page listing contributors (libraries whose content we've imported), for browsing. :) declare %rest:GET %rest:path('theocom/contributors/{$alpha=[a-z]}') %output:method('html') %output:html-version('5') function c:browse-contributors($alpha as xs:string) { let $params := map:merge( ( map:entry("browse", "contributor"), map:entry("alpha", upper-case($alpha)), c:http-params() ) ) return ( c:extra-response-headers(), browse:contributors($params) ) }; The problem I’m having is that on this page, the browser returns 404 for the static files, even though the code for the HTML <head> where the CSS files are linked is identical to the home page. Am I doing something wrong, or is the BaseX RESTXQ implementation doing something unexpected? Thanks, Greg Gregory Murray Director of Digital Initiatives Wright Library Princeton Theological Seminary
