[TW5] is it possible to serve local file in tiddlywiki server mode

[张雷]

I am trying to add external link for file in tiddlywiki. I found the `[ext[relative/path]]` method.

But what's the relative path? 

For example 

My tiddlywiki is set up by using `node /usr/local/bin/tiddlywiki /home/jeffrey/Dropbox/wiki/personal --server 8181`

[ext[a.pdf]]
 

it will render like below as expected.

<a class="tc-tiddlylink-external" href="a.pdf" target="_blank">a.pdf</a>

But when click the link. The browser will open `http://localhost:8181/a.pdf` with nothing.

I think it should work if there is a file locate in /home/jeffrey/Dropbox/wiki/personal/ or /home/jeffrey/Dropbox/wiki/personal/tiddllers/.

But I am failed. 

Is it possible?

[Tobias Beer]

Works for me...

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/2040050/tw5/2015-01-08.image.folder.html

Perhaps you forgot to set some fields correctly?

Best wishes, Tobias.

[Lei Zhang]

I don't think this is what I want.

1. I want to link a binary file( like pdf, exe files), not just a image.
2. I think the root cause should be that whether the tiddlywiki server
can serve files from local disk.
i.e, can I get the file through `curl
http://localhost:8181/files/a.pdf` ( the 8181 port running by node )

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[Tobias Beer]

 

1. I want to link a binary file( like pdf, exe files), not just a image.

Added a pdf.

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/2040050/tw5/2015-01-08.image.folder.html

TiddlyWiki won't have you run an exe.

Your browser won't have you do it, obviously.

 

2. I think the root cause should be that whether the tiddlywiki server can serve files from local disk.

Of course, that node.js server can.

Ok, let me rephrase that: Are you trying to generate a static site?

Also, try [ext[./a.pdf]]for files in the same directory.

Otherwise, use subdirectories, which sounds advisable anyway.

Best wishes, Tobias. 

[Tobias Beer]

Sorry, decided to go into "breakfast-mode" first.

You're all asking about node.js and I hand you dropbox. ^^

Best wishes, Tobias. 

[Lei Zhang]

On Thu, Jan 8, 2015 at 4:51 PM, Tobias Beer <beert...@gmail.com> wrote:
> You're all asking about node.js and I hand you dropbox. ^^

yup.

This is the misunderstand between us.

In dropbox or static html file case, your solution works as expected.

But in nodejs case, the tiddlywiki server doesn't serve the local
file. I still expect that the tiddlywiki server can do.

[BJ]

Hi 张雷,
with a relative path the browser is going to use the location of the webpage as the starting point for relative url so it appends a.pdf to http://localhost:8181 - to form http://localhost:8181/a.pdf. which means that when you click the link to send a 'get' to the tiddlywiki-node processes (at http://localhost:8181), but tiddlywiki on nodejs is not a webserver so this fails.

cheers

BJ