[Feature request] Switch to different error page after x time

[modem7]

Would be fun if there was a way to switch to a different error page template after x amount of time (e.g. every 24 hours) when it's set to random.

[GoliathLabs]

That would be really nice. So we could see the beauty of each template after some time and users won't be bored with your error pages after a while😄.

[tarampampam]

Are you guys serious right now, or is this a joke? 😄

[modem7]

Are you guys serious right now, or is this a joke? 😄

Why not both?! 😂

Nah, for me, I would genuinely like to have different ones without restarting the container cus I'm a lazy lazy sod!

[GoliathLabs]

Same here 😄

[ToshY]

I don't know if this may help, but you can actually create a config file to use a custom html template (see README). Just generate the files and then mount them to your container . If you add some lovely JS to your custom template I think you can make it a lot more random/fun.

[modem7]

I don't know if this may help, but you can actually create a config file to use a custom html template (see README). Just generate the files and then mount them to your container . If you add some lovely JS to your custom template I think you can make it a lot more random/fun.

Yupper! But in this particular case, I have multiple templates that I would quite like to switch between, rather than a single template until container restart (utilising random).

[AlbanVidal]

Hi there,
For start, thanks @tarampampam for those templates, awesome! :)

Like the idea of this Issue, I wished to have different template for each load.
For that, I reorganizes the files (Error_Numbre/Template.html), and used random_index Nginx module.

I used the content of the out directory (see Static error pages), localized in /srv/http-errors on my case, to generate tree Error_Number/Template.html on the /srv/_all-http-errors/ directory:

cd /srv/http-errors
for file in $(find ./ -mindepth 2 -type f); do
    ERR_NO=$(echo $file|sed -E 's/.*\/([0-9]*).*/\1/')
    THEME=$(echo $file|sed -E 's/\.\/([a-z0-9-]*)\/.*/\1/')
    NEW_FILE="${ERR_NO}/${THEME}.html"
    mkdir -p ../_all-http-errors/$ERR_NO/
    cp -v $file ../_all-http-errors/${NEW_FILE}
done
# Output:
# './ghost/400.html' -> '../_all-http-errors/400/ghost.html'
# ...
# './noise/429.html' -> '../_all-http-errors/429/noise.html'

And then, here my Nginx configuration:

# Virtual host:
include /srv/http-errors/error_pages_content.conf;
location ~ /(40[013-9]|41[012368]|429|50[02345])/ {
        root /srv/_all-http-errors;
        allow all;
        random_index on;
}

# /srv/http-errors/error_pages_content.conf
error_page 400 /400/;
error_page 401 /401/;
error_page 403 /403/;
error_page 404 /404/;
error_page 405 /405/;
error_page 407 /407/;
error_page 408 /408/;
error_page 409 /409/;
error_page 410 /410/;
error_page 411 /411/;
error_page 412 /412/;
error_page 413 /413/;
error_page 416 /416/;
error_page 418 /418/;
error_page 429 /429/;
error_page 500 /500/;
error_page 502 /502/;
error_page 503 /503/;
error_page 504 /504/;
error_page 505 /505/;

You can see examples with each error code on those URL:

• https://www.zordhak.fr/404
• ...
• https://www.zordhak.fr/410
• ...
• https://www.zordhak.fr/500
• ...

[tarampampam]

@modem7 I can implement a "special theme name" like a random-daily which will change the theme on a randomized only once per day? Or maybe you want to make it more frequent?

[modem7]

@modem7 I can implement a "special theme name" like a random-daily which will change the theme on a randomized only once per day? Or maybe you want to make it more frequent?

That'd be perfect for my needs! Thank you!

[tarampampam]

v2.6.0 released, now you can use random-daily/random-hourly - themes will be changed in random order once a day/hourly 🍻