Serve static files for remote access

[igorjacauna]

Is it possible to get the assets directory to upload files to it and serve like static files using tauri-plugin-localhost? I searched on docs something to retrieve the path to assets but did not find anything, only assets resolver but its not resolve the path if I want to upload custom files in runtime and delivery them through tauri-plugin-localhost

I asked this on plugin repo but no answers yet

[FabianLars]

Is it possible to get the assets directory to upload files to it

There is no asset directory, all the files are stored as binary data inside the executable. So for serving custom files you need to spin up your own localhost server. (You could combine this with serving the bundled assets by using the asset resolver you mentioned inside that new server)

[whyboris]

I was able to achieve this* 🤩

Three commits that got me there:

1. whyboris/my-off-remote@0a09e8c -- add axum router
2. whyboris/my-off-remote@68dd998 -- add assets folder with a static html file and serve it with the router
3. whyboris/my-off-remote@31d99d7 -- change 127.0.0.1:3000 to 0.0.0.0:3000

While serving 127.0.0.1:3000 the machine where I am coding serves the files (accessible through localhost:3000 in the browser), but only after changing to 0.0.0.0:3000 does the app allow other devices on the same WiFi connect to the app.

* - note - the setup I have is for Tauri to serve static files that I include when building the application (they live inside the executable), not for serving static files dynamically from somewhere else 🤝