Gzip files, by serving w/ nginx not flask

neuroscout/core.py

@@ -85,10 +85,3 @@ def confirm(token):
     return render_template(
         'confirm.html', confirmed=confirmed, expired=expired, invalid=invalid,
         name=name, action_url=url_for('index', _external=True))
-
-
-@app.route('/', defaults={'path': ''})
-@app.route('/<path:path>')
-def index(path):
-    ''' Serve index '''
-    return send_file("frontend/build/index.html")

nginx/nginx.conf

@@ -44,18 +44,17 @@ http {
         gzip_proxied any;
         gzip_comp_level 6;
         gzip_buffers 16 8k;
-        gzip_http_version 1.1;
-        gzip_types text/plain text/css application/json application/x-javascript text/xml application/xml application/xml+rss text/javascript;
+        gzip_types text/plain text/css application/json application/x-javascript text/xml application/xml application/xml+rss text/javascript application/javascript;
 
 
         server {
             server_name _;
             root /neuroscout/neuroscout/frontend/build;
 
-            location /static/ {
-            }
-
-            location /analyses {
+            location /static {
+	    }
+        
+	    location /analyses {
                  alias /file-data/analyses;
             }
 
@@ -78,8 +77,13 @@ http {
                 proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
             }
 
-            location / {
-                proxy_pass http://neuroscout:8000;
+            location = / {
+                root /neuroscout/neuroscout/frontend/build;
+                try_files /index.html =404;
+            }
+
+            location ^~ / {
+                proxy_pass http://neuroscout:8000/;
                 proxy_set_header Host $host;
                 proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
                 proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;