plugin serve static files and load into custom panel

[wolflu05]

Hello, I'm currently continuing working on my plugin. It has a complex reactive form which I don't want to do by hand in vanilla js, so I decided to try out preact in combination with htm. However to use this, I would need to load static scripts which add something to the window object. Is there any way where I can place my scripts to serve them via /static and use them in custom panels? I know there is this javascript_template option in the panels array, but how do I add static files, because I already have my js code load at javascript_template.

[SchrodingersGat]

Unless @matmair has another suggestion, I think that this would be difficult in the current architecture, for a number of reasons.

First and foremost is how static files are served. They must be stored under the STATIC_ROOT directory (on your filesystem). The plugins do not have access to this directory, and exposing external directories to the fileserver is a huge security hole.

Secondly, defining how pathing to plugin files under /static/ works, without shadowing required files, is problematic.

Perhaps there is a way to make this work, but my suggestion would be:

Template Files: Include the files you want as part of your plugin template directory, and load them into the webpage

External Files: Nothing stopping you loading files from an external service

Upload Media Files: You can upload custom files to the /media/ directory and access them via /media/

Upload Static Files: You can always place your own custom files within the STATIC_ROOT directory on your filesystem, but you need access to the InvenTree server to do this. And you need to do it manually.

[wolflu05]

You know that I‘m speaking of changing the settings.py in my plugins folder, not the inventree folder?

[matmair]

No, that was not clear in the text. I still do not understand why you need the settings.py in the plugins(?) subdir?

[wolflu05]

As I said, I tested onetime without, and it didn't work. Then I added it and it worked. But it could be also the case that I didn't restated the server (used hot reload) on my first try without the settings.py. I'll try it without again if I have time.

[wolflu05]

@matmair you're right. It works without. Edited my solution.

[matmair]

@wolflu05 thanks for checking. I was really confused seeing that I wrote that whole subsystem ;-)