Put static assets in a separate directory so they can be delivered directly by nginx

server/handlers/manifesthandler.py

@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+import tornado.web
+
+from core.config import BASE_URL
+
+
+class ManifestHandler(tornado.web.RequestHandler):
+    """Handler for manifest.webmanifest, which needs BASE_URL inserted and a custom content-type"""
+
+    def get(self):
+        self.set_header("Content-Type", "application/manifest+json; charset=UTF-8")
+        self.render("manifest.webmanifest", baseurl=BASE_URL)

server/webserver.py

@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ from server.handlers.api.options import APIOptionsHandler
 from server.handlers.api.solar_conditions import APISolarConditionsHandler
 from server.handlers.api.spots import APISpotsHandler, APISpotsStreamHandler
 from server.handlers.api.status import APIStatusHandler
+from server.handlers.manifesthandler import ManifestHandler
 from server.handlers.metrics import PrometheusMetricsHandler
 from server.handlers.pagetemplate import PageTemplateHandler
 from server.handlers.quietstaticfilehandler import QuietStaticFileHandler
@@ -100,11 +101,12 @@ class WebServer:
             if ALLOW_SPOTTING:
                 ui_routes += [(r"/add-spot", PageTemplateHandler, {"template_name": "add_spot", **handler_opts})]
 
-        # API docs, Prometheus metrics, and finally static assets are always available regardless of API-only mode.
+        # API docs, Prometheus metrics, webapp manifest and static assets are always available regardless of API-only mode.
         misc_routes = [
             (r"/apidocs", PageTemplateHandler, {"template_name": "apidocs", **handler_opts}),
             (r"/metrics", PrometheusMetricsHandler),
-            (r"/(.*)", QuietStaticFileHandler, {"path": os.path.join(_HERE, "../webassets")})
+            (r"/manifest.webmanifest", ManifestHandler),
+            (r"/static/(.*)", QuietStaticFileHandler, {"path": os.path.join(_HERE, "../webassets")})
         ]
 
         app = tornado.web.Application(api_routes + ui_routes + misc_routes,