diff --git a/scripts/build_web_assets.py b/scripts/build_web_assets.py
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+++ 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()