#12: Fix static serve of manifest & robots

electron/src/electron.ts

@@ -85,6 +85,10 @@ const app = startTrilium({
 
   getInitialTheme() {
     return electron.nativeTheme.shouldUseDarkColors ? 'dark' : 'light';
-  }
+  },
+
+  registerAdditionalMiddleware(app) {
+    // No additional express middleware required on Electron.
+  },
 });
 electronRouting(app);

server/src/app.ts

@@ -33,11 +33,10 @@ function buildApp(appConfig: AppConfig) {
     app.use(express.raw({ limit: '500mb' }));
     app.use(express.urlencoded({ extended: false }));
     app.use(cookieParser());
-    app.use(express.static(path.join(__dirname, 'public/root')));
+    app.use(express.static(path.join(__dirname, 'public/root')));    
-    app.use(`/manifest.webmanifest`, express.static(path.join(__dirname, 'public/manifest.webmanifest')));
-    app.use(`/robots.txt`, express.static(path.join(__dirname, 'public/robots.txt')));
     app.use(sessionParser);
     app.use(favicon(`${__dirname}/../../common/images/app-icons/win/icon.ico`));
+    appConfig.registerAdditionalMiddleware(app);
     
     require('./routes/assets').register(app);
     require('./routes/routes').register(app, appConfig);

server/src/index.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 import startTrilium = require("./www");
+import path = require("path");
+import express = require("express");
 
 startTrilium({
     setupCompleteCallback: (res) => {
@@ -8,5 +10,11 @@ startTrilium({
     getInitialTheme() {
         // default based on the poll in https://github.com/zadam/trilium/issues/2516
         return "dark";
-    }
+    },
-});
+
+    registerAdditionalMiddleware(app) {
+        const assetsDir = path.join(__dirname, "..", "..", "client", "assets");
+        app.use(`/manifest.webmanifest`, express.static(path.join(assetsDir, 'manifest.webmanifest')));
+        app.use(`/robots.txt`, express.static(path.join(assetsDir, 'robots.txt')));
+    },
+});

server/src/types.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { Response } from "express";
+import type { Express } from "express";
 
 export type InitialThemeCallback = () => "dark" | "light";
 
@@ -18,6 +19,13 @@ export interface InitDbOptions {
  * Handles differences between clients, for example allowing different behaviour when running from the web server versus the desktop application.
  */
 export interface AppConfig extends InitDbOptions {
+    /**
+     * Called when the express app is built, in order to define additional middleware that might be specific to a web or desktop application.
+     * 
+     * @param app the express app to add the middleware on.
+     */
+    registerAdditionalMiddleware: (app: Express) => void;
+
     /** Callback to be invoked when first setup is complete. */
     setupCompleteCallback: SetupCompleteCallback;            
 }