Hot garbage but that's the idea. It will render only one page.

api/controllers.go

@@ -2,12 +2,17 @@ package api
 
 import (
   "log"
+  "strings"
   "time"
+  "io/fs"
+  "os"
+  "path/filepath"
 
   "github.com/gofiber/fiber/v2"
   _ "github.com/mattn/go-sqlite3"
   sq "github.com/Masterminds/squirrel"
   "github.com/gofiber/fiber/v2/middleware/session"
+  "github.com/gofiber/template/html/v2"
 
   "zedshaw.games/webapp/data"
 )
@@ -110,24 +115,56 @@ func PostApiLink(c *fiber.Ctx) error {
      return IfErrNil(err, c)
 }
 
+func RenderPages(pages_path string, target string) {
+
+  engine := html.New(pages_path, ".html")
+  engine.Load()
+
+  err := filepath.WalkDir(pages_path,
+    func(path string, d fs.DirEntry, err error) error  {
+      if !d.IsDir() {
+        if err != nil { log.Printf("ERROR: %v", err) }
+
+        dir := filepath.Dir(path)
+        err = os.MkdirAll(dir, 0750)
+        if err != nil { log.Fatalf("ERROR making dir %s, %v", dir, err) }
+
+        split_path := strings.Split(path, string(os.PathSeparator))[1:]
+        source_name := filepath.Join(split_path...)
+        ext := filepath.Ext(source_name)
+        name, found := strings.CutSuffix(source_name, ext)
+
+        if found {
+          log.Printf("name=%s, ext=%s, dir=%s, found=%v", name, ext, dir, found)
+
+          prefixed_path := append([]string{target}, split_path...)
+
+          target_path := filepath.Join(prefixed_path...)
+          log.Printf("target_path: %s", target_path)
+
+          out, err := os.OpenFile(target_path, os.O_RDWR|os.O_CREATE, 0644)
+          if err != nil { log.Fatalf("ERROR writing file %s", target_path) }
+
+          err = engine.Render(out, "game/1/turings-tarpit/index", fiber.Map{"Title": "Hello"})
+          if err != nil { log.Fatalf("failed to render %s, error=%v", path, err) }
+          out.Close()
+        }
+      }
+
+      return nil
+    })
+
+  if err != nil { log.Fatalf("can't walk content") }
+}
+
 func Setup(app *fiber.App) {
   STORE = session.New()
 
+  RenderPages("./pages", "./public")
+
   app.Static("/", "./public", fiber.Static{
     Compress: false,
     CacheDuration: 1 * time.Nanosecond,
-    Next: func(c *fiber.Ctx) bool {
-      // true means skip, so I can check if the url matches
-      // a view, and if it does then skip which will leave
-      // it to the view handler next
-      return false
-    },
-  })
-
-  app.Get("/v/:name/", func (c *fiber.Ctx) error {
-    return c.Render(c.Params("name"), fiber.Map{
-      "Title": "Hello, World!",
-    })
   })
 
   app.Get("/api/stream", GetApiStream)
@@ -137,8 +174,6 @@ func Setup(app *fiber.App) {
   app.Post("/api/login", PostApiLogin)
   app.Post("/api/link", PostApiLink)
   app.Post("/api/register", PostApiRegister)
-
-
 }
 
 func Shutdown() {