Add 'serve::crate_relative!' for relative paths.

The macro generates crate-relative paths for easier serving of files
stored relative to the crate root.

contrib/lib/src/serve.rs

@@ -21,6 +21,44 @@ use rocket::http::{Method, uri::Segments, ext::IntoOwned};
 use rocket::handler::{Handler, Outcome};
 use rocket::response::{NamedFile, Redirect};
 
+/// Generates a crate-relative version of `$path`.
+///
+/// This macro is primarily intended for use with [`StaticFiles`] to serve files
+/// from a path relative to the crate root. The macro accepts one parameter,
+/// `$path`, an absolute or relative path. It returns a path (an `&'static str`)
+/// prefixed with the path to the crate root. Use `Path::new()` to retrieve an
+/// `&'static Path`.
+///
+/// See the [relative paths `StaticFiles`
+/// documentation](`StaticFiles`#relative-paths) for an example.
+///
+/// # Example
+///
+/// ```rust
+/// use rocket_contrib::serve::{StaticFiles, crate_relative};
+///
+/// let manual = concat!(env!("CARGO_MANIFEST_DIR"), "/static");
+/// let automatic = crate_relative!("static");
+/// assert_eq!(manual, automatic);
+///
+/// use std::path::Path;
+///
+/// let manual = Path::new(env!("CARGO_MANIFEST_DIR")).join("static");
+/// let automatic_1 = Path::new(crate_relative!("static"));
+/// let automatic_2 = Path::new(crate_relative!("/static"));
+/// assert_eq!(manual, automatic_1);
+/// assert_eq!(automatic_1, automatic_2);
+/// ```
+#[macro_export]
+macro_rules! crate_relative {
+    ($path:expr) => {
+        concat!(env!("CARGO_MANIFEST_DIR"), "/", $path)
+    };
+}
+
+#[doc(inline)]
+pub use crate_relative;
+
 /// A bitset representing configurable options for the [`StaticFiles`] handler.
 ///
 /// The valid options are:
@@ -146,22 +184,22 @@ impl std::ops::BitOr for Options {
 /// `/public/<directory>` will be handled by returning the contents of
 /// `/static/<directory>/index.html`.
 ///
-/// `/static` is an absolute path. If your static files are stored relative to
+/// ## Relative Paths
-/// your crate and your project is managed by Cargo, you should either use a
+///
-/// relative path and ensure that your server is started in the crate's root
+/// In the example above, `/static` is an absolute path. If your static files
-/// directory or use the `CARGO_MANIFEST_DIR` environment variable to create an
+/// are stored relative to your crate and your project is managed by Cargo, use
-/// absolute path relative to your crate root. For example, to serve files in
+/// the [`crate_relative!`] macro to obtain a path that is relative to your
-/// the `static` subdirectory of your crate at `/`, you might write:
+/// crate's root. For example, to serve files in the `static` subdirectory of
+/// your crate at `/`, you might write:
 ///
 /// ```rust,no_run
 /// # #[macro_use] extern crate rocket;
 /// # extern crate rocket_contrib;
-/// use rocket_contrib::serve::StaticFiles;
+/// use rocket_contrib::serve::{StaticFiles, crate_relative};
 ///
 /// #[launch]
 /// fn rocket() -> rocket::Rocket {
-///     rocket::ignite()
+///     rocket::ignite().mount("/", StaticFiles::from(crate_relative!("/static")))
-///         .mount("/", StaticFiles::from(concat!(env!("CARGO_MANIFEST_DIR"), "/static")))
 /// }
 /// ```
 #[derive(Clone)]

contrib/lib/tests/static_files.rs

@@ -1,17 +1,15 @@
 #[cfg(feature = "serve")]
 mod static_tests {
     use std::{io::Read, fs::File};
-    use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
+    use std::path::Path;
 
     use rocket::{self, Rocket, Route};
-    use rocket_contrib::serve::{StaticFiles, Options};
+    use rocket_contrib::serve::{StaticFiles, Options, crate_relative};
     use rocket::http::Status;
     use rocket::local::blocking::Client;
 
-    fn static_root() -> PathBuf {
+    fn static_root() -> &'static Path {
-        Path::new(env!("CARGO_MANIFEST_DIR"))
+        Path::new(crate_relative!("/tests/static"))
-            .join("tests")
-            .join("static")
     }
 
     fn rocket() -> Rocket {

examples/form_kitchen_sink/src/main.rs

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 use rocket::request::{Form, FormError, FormDataError};
 use rocket::http::RawStr;
 
-use rocket_contrib::serve::StaticFiles;
+use rocket_contrib::serve::{StaticFiles, crate_relative};
 
 #[cfg(test)] mod tests;
 
@@ -37,5 +37,7 @@ fn sink(sink: Result<Form<FormInput<'_>>, FormError<'_>>) -> String {
 
 #[launch]
 fn rocket() -> rocket::Rocket {
-    rocket::ignite().mount("/", routes![sink]).mount("/", StaticFiles::from("static/"))
+    rocket::ignite()
+        .mount("/", routes![sink])
+        .mount("/", StaticFiles::from(crate_relative!("/static")))
 }

examples/form_validation/src/main.rs

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ use rocket::response::Redirect;
 use rocket::request::{Form, FromFormValue};
 use rocket::http::RawStr;
 
-use rocket_contrib::serve::StaticFiles;
+use rocket_contrib::serve::{StaticFiles, crate_relative};
 
 #[derive(Debug)]
 struct StrongPassword<'r>(&'r str);
@@ -79,5 +79,5 @@ fn user_page(username: &RawStr) -> String {
 fn rocket() -> rocket::Rocket {
     rocket::ignite()
         .mount("/", routes![user_page, login])
-        .mount("/", StaticFiles::from("static/"))
+        .mount("/", StaticFiles::from(crate_relative!("/static")))
 }

examples/static_files/src/main.rs

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 #[cfg(test)] mod tests;
 
-use rocket_contrib::serve::StaticFiles;
+use rocket_contrib::serve::{StaticFiles, crate_relative};
 
 // If we wanted or needed to serve files manually, we'd use `NamedFile`. Always
 // prefer to use `StaticFiles`!
@@ -19,5 +19,5 @@ mod manual {
 fn rocket() -> rocket::Rocket {
     rocket::ignite()
         .mount("/", routes![manual::icon])
-        .mount("/", StaticFiles::from("static"))
+        .mount("/", StaticFiles::from(crate_relative!("/static")))
 }

examples/todo/src/main.rs

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ use rocket::Rocket;
 use rocket::fairing::AdHoc;
 use rocket::request::{Form, FlashMessage};
 use rocket::response::{Flash, Redirect};
-use rocket_contrib::{templates::Template, serve::StaticFiles};
+use rocket_contrib::{templates::Template, serve::{StaticFiles, crate_relative}};
 use diesel::SqliteConnection;
 
 use crate::task::{Task, Todo};
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ fn rocket() -> Rocket {
     rocket::ignite()
         .attach(DbConn::fairing())
         .attach(AdHoc::on_attach("Database Migrations", run_db_migrations))
-        .mount("/", StaticFiles::from("static/"))
+        .mount("/", StaticFiles::from(crate_relative!("/static")))
         .mount("/", routes![index])
         .mount("/todo", routes![new, toggle, delete])
         .attach(Template::fairing())