# class HTTP::StaticFileHandler

- HTTP::StaticFileHandler
- Reference
- Object

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Overview

A handler that lists directories and serves files under a given public directory.

This handler can send precompressed content, if the client accepts it, and a file with the same name and `.gz` extension appended is found in the same directory. Precompressed files are only served if they are newer than the original file.

NOTE To use `StaticFileHandler`, you must explicitly import it with `require "http"`

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Included Modules

- HTTP::Handler

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Defined in:

http/server/handlers/static_file_handler.cr

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Constructors

- .new(public_dir : String, fallthrough : Bool = true, directory_listing : Bool = true)

  Creates a handler that will serve files in the given public_dir, after expanding it (using `File#expand_path`).

- .new(public_dir : String, fallthrough = true, directory_listing = true)

  Creates a handler that will serve files in the given public_dir, after expanding it (using `File#expand_path`).

  DEPRECATED

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Instance Method Summary

- #call(context) : Nil

### Instance methods inherited from module `HTTP::Handler`

call(context : HTTP::Server::Context) call, call_next(context : HTTP::Server::Context) : Nil call_next, next : Handler | HandlerProc | Nil next, next=(next __arg0 : Handler | HandlerProc | Nil) next=

### Instance methods inherited from class `Reference`

==(other : self)
==(other : JSON::Any)
==(other : YAML::Any)
==(other) ==, dup dup, hash(hasher) hash, initialize initialize, inspect(io : IO) : Nil inspect, object_id : UInt64 object_id, pretty_print(pp) : Nil pretty_print, same?(other : Reference) : Bool
same?(other : Nil) same?, to_s(io : IO) : Nil to_s

### Constructor methods inherited from class `Reference`

new new, unsafe_construct(address : Pointer, *args, **opts) : self unsafe_construct

### Class methods inherited from class `Reference`

pre_initialize(address : Pointer) pre_initialize

### Instance methods inherited from class `Object`

! : Bool !, !=(other) !=, !~(other) !~, ==(other) ==, ===(other : JSON::Any)
===(other : YAML::Any)
===(other) ===, =~(other) =~, as(type : Class) as, as?(type : Class) as?, class class, dup dup, hash(hasher)
hash hash, in?(collection : Object) : Bool
in?(*values : Object) : Bool in?, inspect(io : IO) : Nil
inspect : String inspect, is_a?(type : Class) : Bool is_a?, itself itself, nil? : Bool nil?, not_nil!(message)
not_nil! not_nil!, pretty_inspect(width = 79, newline = "\n", indent = 0) : String pretty_inspect, pretty_print(pp : PrettyPrint) : Nil pretty_print, responds_to?(name : Symbol) : Bool responds_to?, tap(&) tap, to_json(io : IO) : Nil
to_json : String to_json, to_pretty_json(indent : String = " ") : String
to_pretty_json(io : IO, indent : String = " ") : Nil to_pretty_json, to_s(io : IO) : Nil
to_s : String to_s, to_yaml(io : IO) : Nil
to_yaml : String to_yaml, try(&) try, unsafe_as(type : T.class) forall T unsafe_as

### Class methods inherited from class `Object`

from_json(string_or_io : String | IO, root : String)
from_json(string_or_io : String | IO) from_json, from_yaml(string_or_io : String | IO) from_yaml

### Macros inherited from class `Object`

class_getter(*names, &block) class_getter, class_getter!(*names) class_getter!, class_getter?(*names, &block) class_getter?, class_property(*names, &block) class_property, class_property!(*names) class_property!, class_property?(*names, &block) class_property?, class_setter(*names) class_setter, def_clone def_clone, def_equals(*fields) def_equals, def_equals_and_hash(*fields) def_equals_and_hash, def_hash(*fields) def_hash, delegate(*methods, to object) delegate, forward_missing_to(delegate) forward_missing_to, getter(*names, &block) getter, getter!(*names) getter!, getter?(*names, &block) getter?, property(*names, &block) property, property!(*names) property!, property?(*names, &block) property?, setter(*names) setter

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Constructor Detail

def self.new(public_dir : String, fallthrough : Bool = true, directory_listing : Bool = true) #

Creates a handler that will serve files in the given public_dir, after expanding it (using `File#expand_path`).

If fallthrough is `false`, this handler does not call next handler when request method is neither GET or HEAD, then serves `405 Method Not Allowed`. Otherwise, it calls next handler.

If directory_listing is `false`, directory listing is disabled. This means that paths matching directories are ignored and next handler is called.

def self.new(public_dir : String, fallthrough = true, directory_listing = true) #

Creates a handler that will serve files in the given public_dir, after expanding it (using `File#expand_path`).

If fallthrough is `false`, this handler does not call next handler when request method is neither GET or HEAD, then serves `405 Method Not Allowed`. Otherwise, it calls next handler.

If directory_listing is `false`, directory listing is disabled. This means that paths matching directories are ignored and next handler is called.

DEPRECATED

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Instance Method Detail

def call(context) : Nil #