Golang gin: serving JSON and static files in the same app

Question

I am writing a golang gin app that serve both REST API and static files. Ideally I should separate the backend and front-end logic but for this case I have to put them together. For example, the top-level path of the API is wild-card, like http://myapp.com/{username}/{topic}, and this same endpoint can also serve a few reserved static resources like http://myapp.com/js/app.js, or http://myapp.com/css/style.css.

I understand this is not the best practice and I should separate the front-end code, but there are some other non-technical challenges in my case. Gin has a way to serve static files from a folder, but I would like to serve specific "reserved" path that point to a few known resources (JS, CSS, fonts, etc). How can I do that with GIN?

I can use the Gin template to serve the index.html, but couldn't figure out how to do it with the rest of the resources.

Answer 1

Place files in respective folder (e.g. .css files in css folder, .js files in js folder etc) and place all these folders in assets folder. And use

router := gin.Default()
router.Static("/assets", "./assets") 

Your end points will be http://myapp.com/assets/js/app.js, or http://myapp.com/assets/css/style.css check documentation