start-embeded-assets template

[JosiahParry]

One of the challenges I have when using leptos is that assets are not bundled into the binary. The challege always arises when taking the compiled asset and getting it on the production VM. The asset routes get messed up quite easily!

I use rust_embed in one project. But setting it up in another is quite tough! It's multiple hours of work (for me at least).

While there is the island example

leptos/examples/hackernews_islands_axum/src/fallback.rs

Line 6 in 9654f82

use rust_embed::Embed;

it doesn't show how to keep state.

I think it would be great to have a template that can help for this common use case

[gbj]

What do you mean, "How to keep state"?

[JosiahParry]

hrm sorry! I mean AppState with the file handler e.g. .fallback(leptos_axum::file_and_error_handler::<AppState, _>(shell))

Since leptos uses relative paths always, shipping a binary doesn't easily work since you need to ship the binary + all assets ensuring that they exist perfectly relative to each other.

I spent last night getting this bespoke embedded asset handler working that serves the assets first then has the fallback handler: https://github.com/JosiahParry/jebbysays/blob/main/src/file_handler.rs

It definitely feels janky, though:
https://github.com/JosiahParry/jebbysays/blob/54e38ef95b09696eb71b69829b06162bcb010731/src/main.rs#L170-L206