"/", "/index.html", and and some little things

bc47234f · Rolf Niepraschk · e12a5904 · bc47234f · bc47234f · bc47234f
Commit bc47234f authored 4 years ago by Rolf Niepraschk
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
 # Webapps Deliverer

-Flask based web server for delivering file contents of the vaclab web applications.  
+Flask based web server for delivering file contents of the vaclab web 
+applications. A proxy is also offered:
+
+A URL of the form
+
+``` 
+  http://127.0.0.1:8081/xxxx/vl_db/000_SERVERS
+```
+
+will be forwarded to the real CouchDB URL
+
+``` 
+  http://127.0.0.1:xxxx/vl_db/000_SERVERS
+```

 ## Installation of the server

@@ -19,7 +32,7 @@ then activates and starts the systemd process.

 ## Installation of the data files

-The target is this directory structure:
+The target has this directory structure:

 ```
 /srv/www/data/

--- a/server.py
+++ b/server.py
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ def couchdb_proxy(real_port, p=''):
    q = request.query_string.decode();
    path = p
    if q:
-        path = p + '?' + q
+        path = path + '?' + q
    host = urlparse(request.base_url).hostname
    scheme = urlparse(request.base_url).scheme
    new_url = '{}://{}:{}/{}'.format(scheme, host, real_port, path) 
@@ -72,6 +72,20 @@ def couchdb_proxy(real_port, p=''):
    response = Response(resp.content, resp.status_code, headers)
    return response  

+@app.route('/')
+@app.route('/index.html')
+def home():
+    return '''<!DOCTYPE html>
+<html lang="en">
+<head>
+    <meta charset="UTF-8">
+    <title>Webapps Deliverer</title>
+</head>
+<body>
+   <h3>VacLab: Combined web and CouchDB proxy service</h3>Version: {}
+</body>
+</html>'''.format(VERSION)
+    
 @app.route('/version')
 def version():
    return VERSION + '\n'

--- a/webapps-deliverer.service
+++ b/webapps-deliverer.service
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ After=network.target
 User=nobody
 Environment=FLASK_PORT=8081
 Environment=DATA_PATH=/srv/www/data/
-Environment=FLASK_ENV=production
+Environment=FLASK_ENV=development
 Environment=FLASK_DEBUG=1
 Type=simple
 StandardOutput=null