Linking to pdf files inside `public` folder doesn't work on routing.

[nikivdev]

I have a repo that builds on top of solid-start here: https://github.com/nikitavoloboev/nikitavoloboev

I have a pdf file in public called cv.pdf: https://github.com/nikitavoloboev/nikitavoloboev/blob/main/public/cv.pdf

If I for example do this:

https://github.com/nikitavoloboev/nikitavoloboev/blob/a0ab2a594e77e0cbcc450de56099a15aa4691c06/src/components/Nav.tsx#L37

        <a class="nav-link" href="./cv.pdf">
          CV
        </a>

Inside the app if I go to this page, it will 404:

https://www.loom.com/share/900b34ae19904c59aed372d2a7457103

Not sure what I am doing wrong. I need to refresh the page for the PDF to actually show.

[ghalle]

I can confirm this and also the same thing happens for api routes.

Seems like this happens because links are handled by https://github.com/solidjs/solid-app-router while files inside the public folder and api routes are not known by solid-app-router.

API routes also do not currently support parametric and wildcard routes like regular routes since that part is also handled by solid-app-router. I was about to make a PR for that but I'm now thinking there needs to be a bigger change to consolidate how routing works.

EDIT: Thought a bit more about it. This would require the client knowing all the files in the public directory / all the api routes, which I'm not sure is a good idea. Or not being able to handle 404s client-side without verifying with the server.

EDIT 2: This could probably be handled by some attribute on the <a> indicating that routing should be handled by the server not sure if there is already support for that.

EDIT 3: Just tried it you can add target _self and it will work correctly.

<a class="nav-link" href="./cv.pdf" target="_self">
  CV
</a>

[ryansolid]

@ghalle you are correct. It doesn't make sense for the client router to handle these cases. I believe setting rel="external" or setting target on the link is the easiest way.

We need to get the docs written for this.

[ryansolid]

Now that we changed how the router works and it doesn't hijack every anchor I think this is no longer a problem. You can just do what the OP did and it works.