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diff --git a/scripts/build_web_assets.py b/scripts/build_web_assets.py
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+#! /usr/bin/python3
+
+import argparse
+import os
+import gzip
+import hashlib
+from subprocess import Popen, PIPE
+
+THIS_DIR = os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__))
+
+BEGIN_BUFFER = """
+
+
+#include <webassets.hpp>
+
+void crow::webassets::request_routes(crow::App<crow::TokenAuthorizationMiddleware>& app){
+"""
+
+MIDDLE_BUFFER = """
+ CROW_ROUTE(app, "{}")([](const crow::request& req, crow::response& res) {{
+ res.code = 200;
+ // TODO, if you have a browser from the dark ages that doesn't support gzip,
+ // unzip it before sending based on Accept-Encoding header
+ res.add_header("Content-Encoding", "gzip");
+
+ res.write({{{}}});
+ res.end();
+
+ }});
+"""
+
+
+END_BUFFER = """
+
+"""
+
+def main():
+ """ Main Function """
+ file_list = []
+
+ parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
+ parser.add_argument('-i', '--input', nargs='+', type=str)
+ parser.add_argument('-o', '--output', type=str)
+ args = parser.parse_args()
+
+ file_list = args.input
+
+ with open(args.output, 'w') as output_handle:
+
+ output_handle.write(BEGIN_BUFFER)
+
+ for full_filepath in file_list:
+
+ pathsplit = full_filepath.split(os.path.sep)
+ relative_path = os.path.sep.join(pathsplit[pathsplit.index("static") + 1:])
+ relative_path = "/" + relative_path
+
+ # make sure none of the files are hidden
+ with open(full_filepath, 'rb') as input_file:
+ file_content = input_file.read()
+
+ print("Including {:<40} size {:>7}".format(relative_path, len(file_content)))
+
+ sha = hashlib.sha256()
+ sha.update(file_content)
+
+ sha_text = "".join("{:02x}".format(x) for x in sha.digest())
+
+ print(sha_text)
+ file_content = gzip.compress(file_content)
+ #file_content = file_content[:10]
+
+ array_binary_text = ', '.join('0x{:02x}'.format(x) for x in file_content)
+
+ output_handle.write(MIDDLE_BUFFER.format(relative_path, array_binary_text))
+
+ output_handle.write("};\n")
+ output_handle.write(END_BUFFER)
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+ main()