Respect baseUrl while pushing to Ghost

This is a very hacky way of doing it: a base path of /seance will
lead to rendering in,

  public/seance/seance/css/styles.css

but it seems to be the only way out for now 🙁

Hopefully in future we'll come up with a more elegant solution.

README.md

@@ -52,6 +52,9 @@ files, and for your Ghost API interface. The parameters to set are:
 * `GHOST_URL` - URL of your Ghost installation
 * `GHOST_VERSION` - 'v2' or 'v3' depending on which version you're using
 * `GHOST_ADMIN_KEY` - 'Admi API key for Ghost'
+* `BASE_PATH` - Subdomain to serve the website on (eg. `/seance`).
+  Default: `/`. If you're not planning to use the Seance server, then
+  you can safely ignore this option.
 
 In case you're wondering about the WebDAV server: that's the setup we
 use at Snipette. We'd like to eventually let you upload directly through
@@ -103,7 +106,16 @@ file via the "Labs" section. This is required becaues Ghost doesn't
 let you directly add users; it only lets you import them.
 
 Seance also attempts to fetch the Medium user's profile image and upload
-it via WebDAV. The JSON file will link to the WebDAV-uploaded image
+it via WebDAV. The JSON file will link to the WebDAV-uploaded image.
+
+## Run the Seance Server
+
+The server is mainly needed when Seance'ing draft Medium posts, because
+Medium doesn't let you access those anonymously so you need to resort
+to bookmarklets instead. But it also comes in handy as a nicer,
+friendlier interface for sending out posts for those who don't want to
+use the command-line. The engine is more or less the same; it's just
+the interface that's different!
 
 # credits
 

cli.js

@@ -136,6 +136,26 @@ program.command('setup')
     config.ghost.admin_key = res.admin_key
     console.log(`Right. So that's Ghost ${config.ghost.version} running at ${config.ghost.url} with key ${config.ghost.admin_key}`)
 
+    console.log('\n\nNow, a bit about the server.')
+    console.log(
+      'This server usually runs on the main path (eg. example.com/).' +
+      'If you want to host seance on a different subpath (eg. ' +
+      'example.com/seance) then please enter that last part of the' +
+      'string now (eg. /seance).'
+    )
+    res = await prompt.get([
+      { name: 'base_path', default: config.basePath || '/' },
+    ])
+    if (res.base_path == '/') {
+      console.log('Okay. Serving on the root path then :)')
+    } else {
+      config.basePath = res.base_path
+      console.log(
+        'Right, so we\'ll be serving at yoursite.com' +
+        `${config.basePath} then :)`
+      )
+    }
+
     console.log(
       '\n\nA final thing. Do you have a "scissors" or other image ' +
       'used as a separator in your article? If so, enter the path ' +

config.js

@@ -95,6 +95,13 @@ let config = convict({
     env: 'SEPARATOR_IMAGE',
     default: null,
   },
+  basePath: {
+    doc: 'Base subpath on which Seance is hosted (eg. /seance)',
+    format: 'String', // TODO: validate by checking path
+    env: 'BASE_PATH',
+    default: null,
+    nullable: true,
+  },
 })
 
 // Load configs from home directory, if present

server.js

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ const slugify = require('underscore.string/slugify')
 const fs = require('fs')
 
 const { Seance } = require ('./seance')
+const config = require('./config')
 
 const app = express()
 var expressWs = require('express-ws')(app)
@@ -18,8 +19,12 @@ app.use(bodyParser.urlencoded({
 app.use(bodyParser('json'))
 
 // Enable static files
-app.use(express.static('public'))
-app.use(express.static('static'))
+app.use('/', express.static('public')) // basePath is prefixed later
+app.use(config.basePath || '/', express.static('static'))
+
+// Router
+var router = express.Router()
+app.use(config.basePath || '/', router)
 
 // Set up VueXpress
 let options = {
@@ -29,12 +34,15 @@ let options = {
   metaInfo: {
     title: 'Seance',
     script: [
-      { type: 'text/javascript', src: '/app.js' },
+      {
+        type: 'text/javascript',
+        src: (config.basePath || '') + '/app.js'
+      },
     ],
   },
   extractCSS: true,
-  cssOutputPath: '/css/styles.css',
-  publicPath: 'public',
+  cssOutputPath: (config.basePath || '') + '/css/styles.css',
+  publicPath: 'public' + (config.basePath || ''),
   compilerConfig: {
       // custom webpack config
   },
@@ -46,19 +54,22 @@ let options = {
 }
 
 const renderer = vueRenderer(options)
-app.use(renderer)
+router.use(renderer)
 
 // Views
 
-app.get('/', (req, res) => {
+router.get('/', (req, res) => {
   res.render('index', {
-    baseUrl: req.hostname.startsWith('localhost')
-      ? req.protocol + '://' + req.headers.host
-      : '//' + req.hostname, // auto choose http or https
+    seanceUrl: req.hostname.startsWith('localhost')
+      ? req.headers.host + req.baseUrl
+      : req.hostname + req.baseUrl,
+    protocol: req.hostname.startsWith('localhost')
+      ? req.protocol + '://'
+      : '//',
   })
 })
 
-app.post('/fetch', (req, res) => {
+router.post('/fetch', (req, res) => {
   var json
   var post
 
@@ -110,6 +121,9 @@ app.post('/fetch', (req, res) => {
 
   // render the final post
   res.render('fetch-medium', {
+    seanceUrl: req.hostname.startsWith('localhost')
+      ? req.headers.host + req.baseUrl
+      : req.hostname + req.baseUrl,
     post: {
       title: post.title,
       subtitle: post.content.subtitle,
@@ -125,14 +139,14 @@ app.get('/fetch', (req, res) => {
   res.redirect(303, '/')
 })
 
-app.get('/api', (req, res) => {
+router.get('/api', (req, res) => {
   res.json({
     status: 'success',
     message: 'Welcome to the Seance API :)',
   })
 })
 
-app.ws('/ws/fetch-medium', (ws, req) => {
+router.ws('/ws/fetch-medium', (ws, req) => {
   ws.on('message', async(msg) => {
 
     command = msg.split(' ')
@@ -182,7 +196,7 @@ app.ws('/ws/fetch-medium', (ws, req) => {
   })
 })
 
-app.ws('/ws/push-ghost', (ws, req) => {
+router.ws('/ws/push-ghost', (ws, req) => {
   ws.on('message', async(msg) => {
 
     // respond to keepalive

static/app.js

@@ -11,12 +11,13 @@ function addNotification(msg, className='is-warning') {
 function mediumFetch(e) {
   if(e) { e.preventDefault() }
 
+  const baseUrl = document.querySelector('[data-seance-url]').dataset.seanceUrl
   const postSlug = document.querySelector('[data-post-slug]').dataset.postSlug
   const mediumUrl = document.querySelector('[data-post-mediumurl]').dataset.postMediumurl
   var password = document.querySelector('input[name=password]').value
   console.log('Fetching ' + postSlug)
   const socketProtocol = (window.location.protocol === 'https:' ? 'wss:' : 'ws:')
-  const socketUrl = socketProtocol + '//' + window.location.host + '/ws/fetch-medium/'
+  const socketUrl = socketProtocol + '//' + baseUrl + '/ws/fetch-medium/'
   const socket = new WebSocket(socketUrl)
 
   // set up the div
@@ -96,11 +97,12 @@ function mediumFetch(e) {
 function ghostPush(e) {
   if(e) { e.preventDefault() }
 
+  const baseUrl = document.querySelector('[data-seance-url]').dataset.seanceUrl
   let postSlug = document.querySelector('[data-post-slug]').dataset.postSlug
   var password = document.querySelector('input[name=password]').value
   console.log('Pushing ' + postSlug)
   const socketProtocol = (window.location.protocol === 'https:' ? 'wss:' : 'ws:')
-  const socketUrl = socketProtocol + '//' + window.location.host + '/ws/push-ghost/'
+  const socketUrl = socketProtocol + '//' + baseUrl + '/ws/push-ghost/'
   const socket = new WebSocket(socketUrl)
 
   // set up the div

views/fetch-medium.vue

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   <div id="app">
     <nav class="navbar has-background-light" role="navigation" aria-label="main navigation">
       <div class="navbar-brand">
-        <a class="navbar-item is-size-5" href="/">Seance</a>
+        <a class="navbar-item is-size-5" :href="seanceUrl + '/'">Seance</a>
 
         <a role="button" class="navbar navbar-burger burger" aria-label="menu" aria-expanded="false" data-target="navbarMain">
           <span aria-hidden="true"></span>
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
         </div>
         <footer class="card-footer" id="statusbar">
           <a :href="post.mediumUrl" v-if="post.mediumUrl" class="card-footer-item">View on Medium</a>
-          <a href="#" class="card-footer-item" onclick="mediumFetch(event)" :data-post-slug="post.slug" :data-post-mediumurl="post.mediumUrl">Fetch</a>
+          <a href="#" class="card-footer-item" onclick="mediumFetch(event)" :data-post-slug="post.slug" :data-post-mediumurl="post.mediumUrl" :data-seance-url="seanceUrl">Fetch</a>
           <a href="#" class="card-footer-item" onclick="ghostPush(event)">Push to Ghost</a>
         </footer>
       </div>
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@
         title: 'Seance',
         user: null,
         host: 'http://localhost:4000',
+        seanceUrl: 'http://localhost:4000',
         post: {
           title: '(untitled)',
           subtitle: '',

views/index.vue

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   <div id="app">
     <nav class="navbar has-background-light" role="navigation" aria-label="main navigation">
       <div class="navbar-brand">
-        <a class="navbar-item is-size-5" href="/">Seance</a>
+        <a class="navbar-item is-size-5" :href="'//' + seanceUrl + '/'">Seance</a>
 
         <a role="button" class="navbar navbar-burger burger" aria-label="menu" aria-expanded="false" data-target="navbarMain">
           <span aria-hidden="true"></span>
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 
     <div class="column is-half is-offset-one-quarter has-text-centered" style="margin-top: 10%;">
       <h1 class="title">{{ title }}</h1>
-      <form action="/fetch/medium/" method="post">
+      <form :action="'/' + seanceUrl + '/fetch/medium/'" method="post">
         <input type="search" class="input is-medium is-rounded is-focused" placeholder="Enter a Medium link..."/>
         <p>or, use the bookmarklet <a class="button is-primary is-small" :href="bookmarklet">Add to Seance</a></p>
       </form>
@@ -43,12 +43,13 @@
       return {
         title: 'Seance',
         user: null,
-        baseUrl: 'http://localhost:4000',
+        seanceUrl: 'localhost:4000',
+        protocol: '//',
       }
     },
     computed: {
       bookmarklet () {
-        return `javascript:(()=>{document.title='[Loading...] '+document.title;s=document.createElement('script');s.src='${this.baseUrl}/bookmarklet.js';s.dataset.seanceUrl='${this.baseUrl}';document.body.appendChild(s)})()`
+        return `javascript:(()=>{document.title='[Loading...] '+document.title;s=document.createElement('script');s.src='${this.protocol}${this.seanceUrl}/bookmarklet.js';s.dataset.seanceUrl='${this.protocol}${this.seanceUrl}';document.body.appendChild(s)})()`
       }
     }
   }