Re: [Unity-idm-discuss] storing additional files in unity

[Krzysztof B. <kb...@un...>]

Hi,

W dniu 31.03.2017 o 12:20, Sander Apweiler pisze:
> Hi Krzysztof,
>
> We need to provide some additional files like FAQ or DPS together with
> unity. In manual I found the config for WebContents directory, but I
> was not able to browse to a file which is stored in this directory.
>
> Is it possible to store files there and provide them with the webserver
> used by unity?

Yes, but not in an elegant way. Using Unity as a generic web server was 
not yet considered.

So first of all everything in Unity is accessed in a context of some 
endpoint. There is one special endpoint, always available, which is 
accessible under /unitygw path.

It won't expose arbitrary files to the world from webContents. However 
it exposes everything that is in VAADIN directory of webContents. So if 
you add 'test.txt' to webcontents/VAADIN, you can access it from:

https://<unity.host.com>/unitgw/VAADIN/test.txt

We can add some other directory mapping easily but currently only such 
trick will work.

Best
Krzysztof