Question

I cant seem to find this anywhere.

What I have is an appengine project that just serves html pages. But it only correctly loads files when the filename is ‘exactly’ correct.

I.e. mywebsite.com/lastproject/ loads perfectly

but mywebsite.com/lastproject does not load at all

I want the website to load correctly when the trailing / is left out. What am I missing???

Here is my app.yaml

application: websitewithsubfolder
version: 1
runtime: python
api_version: 1

handlers:

- url: (.*)/
  static_files: static\1/index.html
  upload: static/index.html

- url: /
  static_dir: static

Answer 1

@Shay means the line should be:

- url: (.*)

That is a route that handles all URL requests you will not get any 404 errors, and all Requests are handled by a static index.html page. Your second route will not ever be handled as it is more specific and after your generic route.

You want the more specific routes above your catch all routes.

application: websitewithsubfolder
version: 1
runtime: python
api_version: 1

handlers:
- url: /static
  static_dir: static

- url: /favicon.ico
  static_files: static/images/favicon.ico
  upload: static/images/favicon.ico
  mime_type: image/vnd.microsoft.icon

- url: /robots.txt
  static_files: robots.txt
  upload: robots.txt

- url: /(.*\.(gif|png|jpg))
  static_files: \1
  upload: (.*\.(gif|png|jpg))

- url: /static/css
  static_dir: static/css

- url: /static/js
  static_dir: static/js

- url: (.*)
  static_files: static/index.html
  upload: static/index.html

The app.yaml file above is more in line with what you want.

I suggest you read the app.yaml docs which go over this in more detail.