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+#pragma once
+
+#include <experimental/filesystem>
+#include <fstream>
+#include <string>
+#include <crow/app.h>
+#include <crow/http_request.h>
+#include <crow/http_response.h>
+#include <crow/routing.h>
+#include <boost/algorithm/string/replace.hpp>
+#include <boost/container/flat_set.hpp>
+
+namespace crow {
+namespace webassets {
+
+namespace filesystem = std::experimental::filesystem;
+static const char* gzip_string = "gzip";
+static const char* none_string = "none";
+static const char* if_none_match_string = "If-None-Match";
+static const char* content_encoding_string = "Content-Encoding";
+static const char* content_type_string = "Content-Type";
+static const char* etag_string = "ETag";
+
+static boost::container::flat_set<std::string> routes;
+
+template <typename... Middlewares>
+void request_routes(Crow<Middlewares...>& app) {
+  const static boost::container::flat_map<const char*, const char*> content_types{
+      {{".css", "text/css;charset=UTF-8"},
+       {".html", "text/html;charset=UTF-8"},
+       {".js", "text/html;charset=UTF-8"},
+       {".png", "image/png;charset=UTF-8"},
+       {".woff", "application/x-font-woff"},
+       {".woff2", "application/x-font-woff2"},
+       {".ttf", "application/x-font-ttf"},
+       {".svg", "image/svg+xml"},
+       {".eot", "application/vnd.ms-fontobject"},
+       // dev tools don't care about map type, setting to json causes
+       // browser to show as text
+       // https://stackoverflow.com/questions/19911929/what-mime-type-should-i-use-for-javascript-source-map-files
+       {".map", "application/json"}}};
+  auto rootpath = filesystem::path("/usr/share/www/");
+  auto dir_iter = filesystem::recursive_directory_iterator(rootpath);
+  for (auto& dir : dir_iter) {
+    auto absolute_path = dir.path();
+    auto relative_path = filesystem::path(
+        absolute_path.string().substr(rootpath.string().size() - 1));
+    // make sure we don't recurse into certain directories
+    // note: maybe check for is_directory() here as well...
+    if (filesystem::is_directory(dir)) {
+      // don't recurse into hidden directories or symlinks
+      if (boost::starts_with(dir.path().filename().string(), ".") ||
+          filesystem::is_symlink(dir)) {
+        dir_iter.disable_recursion_pending();
+      }
+    } else if (filesystem::is_regular_file(dir)) {
+      auto webpath = relative_path;
+      bool is_gzip = false;
+      if (relative_path.extension() == ".gz") {
+        webpath = webpath.replace_extension("");
+        is_gzip = true;
+      }
+
+      if (webpath.filename() == "index.html") {
+        webpath = webpath.parent_path();
+      }
+
+      routes.insert(webpath.string());
+
+      std::string absolute_path_str = absolute_path.string();
+      const char* content_type = nullptr;
+      auto content_type_it =
+          content_types.find(relative_path.extension().c_str());
+      if (content_type_it != content_types.end()) {
+        content_type = content_type_it->second;
+      }
+      app.route_dynamic(std::string(webpath.string()))(
+          [is_gzip, absolute_path_str, content_type](const crow::request& req,
+                                                     crow::response& res) {
+            if (is_gzip) {
+              res.add_header(content_encoding_string, gzip_string);
+            } else {
+              res.add_header(content_encoding_string, none_string);
+            }
+            // std::string sha1("a576dc96a5c605b28afb032f3103630d61ac1068");
+            // res.add_header(etag_string, sha1);
+
+            // if (req.get_header_value(if_none_match_string) == sha1) {
+            //  res.code = 304;
+            //} else {
+            //  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_string, gzip_string);
+            if (content_type != nullptr) {
+              res.add_header(content_type_string, content_type);
+            }
+            // res.set_header("Cache-Control", "public, max-age=86400");
+            std::ifstream inf(absolute_path_str);
+            if (!inf) {
+              CROW_LOG_DEBUG << "failed to read file";
+              res.code = 400;
+              res.end();
+              return;
+            }
+
+            std::string body{std::istreambuf_iterator<char>(inf),
+                             std::istreambuf_iterator<char>()};
+
+            res.body = body;
+            res.end();
+          });
+    }
+  }
+}
+}  // namespace webassets
+}  // namespace crow
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