Serving Static Files (such as js, css and images)

Problem

How to serve static files?

Solution

web.py server

Create a directory (also known as a folder) called static in the location of the script that runs the web.py server. Then place the static files you wish to serve in the static folder.

For example, the URL http://localhost/static/logo.png will send the image ./static/logo.png to the client.

Apache

To serve static files with Apache an Alias directive can be used to map the request for a URL to a chosen directory, before it is handled by web.py.

Here is an example Virtual Host configured on a Unix like system with an Alias directive in effect:

<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerName example.com:80
    DocumentRoot /doc/root/
    # mounts your application if mod_wsgi is being used
    WSGIScriptAlias / /script/root/code.py
    # the Alias directive
    Alias /static /doc/root/static

    <Directory />
        Order Allow,Deny
        Allow From All
        Options -Indexes
    </Directory>

    # because Alias can be used to reference resources outside docroot, you
    # must reference the directory with an absolute path
    <Directory /doc/root/static>
        # directives to effect the static directory
        Options +Indexes
    </Directory>
</VirtualHost>