Resources
Resources provide an unified way to load and access binary data used by handlers to achieve their functionality. For example, the Download handler serves a single file on request - where the content of the file originates from is not important for the handler to achieve it’s functionality.
var resource = Resource.FromFile("/var/www/downloads/myvideo.mp4"); // or FromString, FromAssembly, ...
var download = Download.From(resource);
await Host.Create()
.Handler(download)
.RunAsync();By implementing the IResource interface, a custom data source can be used to
provide resources, for example a database or a cloud blob storage.
Resource Trees
Similar to the resources, resource trees provide an abstraction for a directory structure that can be consumed by handlers such as the Directory Browsing or the Single Page Application.
var tree = ResourceTree.FromDirectory("/var/www/downloads/"); // or FromAssembly, ...
var listing = Listing.From(tree);
await Host.Create()
.Handler(listing)
.RunAsync();Virtual trees allow to combine different sources of resources into an unified tree:
var tree = VirtualTree.Create()
.Add("index.html", Resource.FromFile(...))
.Add("config.js", Resource.FromAssembly(...))
.Add("dist", ResourceTree.FromDirectory(...));
var app = SinglePageApplication.From(tree);