In my html page I am referencing static assets like:
<script src="/static/assets/js/bundle.js"></script>
and
<link rel="stylesheet" href="/static/assets/css/style.css">
These files are stored in:
/assets/js/bundle.js
/assets/css/style.css
Currently my route looks like this:
app.PathPrefix("/static/").Handler(http.StripPrefix("/static/", http.FileServer(http.Dir("/assets"))))
Currently it is not working and returning a 404 not found error when I look at chrome console.
What am I doing wrong here?
The problem is with your call to http.Dir("/assets") in this line:
app.PathPrefix("/static/").Handler(http.StripPrefix("/static/", http.FileServer(http.Dir("/assets"))))
http.Dir takes the path to the folder either in absolute form or relative to where the go executable is. Using "/assets" tells it that the absolute path to the assets folder is on the root of the file system, where in reality I'm guessing the assets folder is in something like /home/YOUR_USER_FOLDER/code/this_project/assets.
Just change the code to use the absolute path:
app.PathPrefix("/static/").Handler(http.StripPrefix("/static/", http.FileServer(http.Dir("/home/YOUR_USER_FOLDER/code/this_project/assets"))))
If the assets folder is in the same location as the go executable, you can just use "assets" as the file path, but I will recommend using the absolute path to avoid any confusion.