More clean handling of the contextpath.

Now using long option names for the options of converge to be consistent with the other components.

Dockerfile

@@ -28,4 +28,4 @@ COPY --from=builder /opt/converge/bin/agent \
                     /opt/converge/static/
 COPY --from=builder /opt/converge/static/ /opt/converge/static/
 
-ENTRYPOINT ["/opt/converge/bin/converge", "-s", "/opt/converge/static", "-d", "/opt/converge/static" ]
+ENTRYPOINT ["/opt/converge/bin/converge", "--static", "/opt/converge/static", "--downloads", "/opt/converge/static" ]

cmd/converge/converge.go

@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ func parsePublicId(path string) (publicId string, _ error) {
 
 func catchAllHandler(contextPath string) func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	return func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
-		http.Redirect(w, r, contextPath+"/docs", http.StatusFound)
+		http.Redirect(w, r, contextPath+"docs", http.StatusFound)
 	}
 }
 
@@ -50,11 +50,11 @@ func printHelp(msg string) {
 		"both on linux and on windows.\n" +
 		"\n" +
 		"Options\n" +
-		"-s <contentdir>:  directory where static content of converge is placed\n" +
-		"-d <downloaddir>: directory where downloads of converge are placed\n" +
-		"-c <contextpath>: by default all content is served at /. Use this option to specify\n" +
+		"--static <contentdir>:     directory where static content of converge is placed\n" +
+		"--downloads <downloaddir>: directory where downloads of converge are placed\n" +
+		"--ccntext <contextpath>:   by default all content is served at /. Use this option to specify\n" +
 		"                           a different context path. For instance to host converge at a base\n" +
-		"                  URL of https://example.com/converge, specify /converg (and without\n" +
+		"                           URL of https://example.com/converge/, specify /converge/ (with\n" +
 		"                           trailing slash. "
 	fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, helpText)
 	os.Exit(1)
@@ -64,26 +64,26 @@ func main() {
 
 	downloaddir := "."
 	staticdir := "../static"
-	contextpath := ""
+	contextpath := "/"
 
 	args := os.Args[1:]
 	for len(args) > 0 && strings.HasPrefix(args[0], "-") {
 		switch args[0] {
-		case "-d":
+		case "--downloads":
 			if len(args) <= 1 {
-				printHelp("The -d option expects an argument")
+				printHelp("The --downloads option expects an argument")
 			}
 			downloaddir = args[1]
 			args = args[1:]
-		case "-s":
+		case "--static":
 			if len(args) <= 1 {
-				printHelp("The -s option expects an argument")
+				printHelp("The --static option expects an argument")
 			}
 			staticdir = args[1]
 			args = args[1:]
-		case "-c":
+		case "--context":
 			if len(args) <= 1 {
-				printHelp("The -c option expects an argument")
+				printHelp("The --context option expects an argument")
 			}
 			contextpath = args[1]
 			args = args[1:]
@@ -174,24 +174,23 @@ func main() {
 	// websocket endpoints
 
 	// TODO remove, simulate contextpath
+	context := HttpContext{path: contextpath}
 
-	http.HandleFunc(contextpath+"/agent/", registrationService.Handle)
-	http.HandleFunc(contextpath+"/client/", clientService.Handle)
-	http.HandleFunc(contextpath+"/ws/sessions", sessionService.Handle)
+	context.HandleFunc("agent/", registrationService.Handle)
+	context.HandleFunc("client/", clientService.Handle)
+	context.HandleFunc("ws/sessions", sessionService.Handle)
 
 	// create filehandler with templating for html files.
-	http.Handle(contextpath+"/docs/", http.StripPrefix(contextpath+"/docs/", http.HandlerFunc(pageHandler)))
-	http.Handle(contextpath+"/static/", http.StripPrefix(contextpath+"/static/",
+	context.Handle("docs/", http.StripPrefix("docs/", http.HandlerFunc(pageHandler)))
+	context.Handle("static/", http.StripPrefix("static/",
 		http.FileServer(http.Dir(staticdir))))
-	http.Handle(contextpath+"/downloads/", http.StripPrefix(contextpath+"/downloads/",
+	context.Handle("downloads/", http.StripPrefix("downloads/",
 		http.FileServer(http.Dir(downloaddir))))
 
-	// TODO remove for testing contextpath
-
-	http.HandleFunc(contextpath+"/", catchAllHandler(contextpath))
-
 	// create usage generator
-	http.HandleFunc(contextpath+"/usage", generateCLIExammple)
+	context.HandleFunc("usage", generateCLIExammple)
+
+	http.HandleFunc("/", catchAllHandler(contextpath))
 
 	// Start HTTP server
 	fmt.Println("Rendez-vous server listening on :8000")

cmd/converge/httpcontext.go

@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+package main
+
+import "net/http"
+
+// dealing with the context path in a simple way
+
+type HttpContext struct {
+	path string
+}
+
+func (context HttpContext) Handle(pattern string, handler http.Handler) {
+	http.Handle(context.path+pattern, http.StripPrefix(context.path, handler))
+}
+
+func (context HttpContext) HandleFunc(pattern string, handler func(http.ResponseWriter, *http.Request)) {
+	http.HandleFunc(context.path+pattern, handler)
+}