app base path

docs/api/config.md

@@ -202,9 +202,9 @@ By default, this is not enabled. You can enable this by setting it to `true`.
 
 This uses WebSockets instead of HTTP Server-Sent Events (SSE) as the transport protocol for UI updates. If you set this environment variable to `true`, then [`MESOP_CONCURRENT_UPDATES_ENABLED`](#MESOP_CONCURRENT_UPDATES_ENABLED) will automatically be enabled as well.
 
-### MESOP_STATIC_FILES_BASE_PATH
+### MESOP_APP_BASE_PATH
 
-This is the base path for serving static files. This is rarely needed because the default of using os.getcwd() is usually sufficient.
+This is the base path used to resolve other paths, particularly for serving static files. This is rarely needed because the default of using os.getcwd() is usually sufficient.
 
 ## Usage Examples
 

mesop/env/env.py

@@ -4,9 +4,7 @@
   "MESOP_AI_SERVICE_BASE_URL", "http://localhost:43234"
 )
 
-MESOP_STATIC_FILES_BASE_PATH = os.environ.get(
-  "MESOP_STATIC_FILES_BASE_PATH", ""
-)
+MESOP_APP_BASE_PATH = os.environ.get("MESOP_APP_BASE_PATH", "")
 
 MESOP_WEBSOCKETS_ENABLED = (
   os.environ.get("MESOP_WEBSOCKETS_ENABLED", "false").lower() == "true"

mesop/labs/web_component.py

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 from functools import wraps
 from typing import Any, Callable, TypeVar, cast
 
-from mesop.env.env import MESOP_STATIC_FILES_BASE_PATH
+from mesop.env.env import MESOP_APP_BASE_PATH
 from mesop.runtime import runtime
 from mesop.utils.validate import validate
 
@@ -53,8 +53,8 @@ def format_filename(filename: str) -> str:
   if ".runfiles" in filename:
     # Handle Bazel case
     return filename.split(".runfiles", 1)[1]
-  elif MESOP_STATIC_FILES_BASE_PATH:
-    return os.path.relpath(filename, MESOP_STATIC_FILES_BASE_PATH)
+  elif MESOP_APP_BASE_PATH:
+    return os.path.relpath(filename, MESOP_APP_BASE_PATH)
   else:
     # Handle pip CLI case
     return os.path.relpath(filename, os.getcwd())

mesop/server/static_file_serving.py

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 from flask import Flask, Response, g, make_response, request, send_file
 from werkzeug.security import safe_join
 
-from mesop.env.env import MESOP_STATIC_FILES_BASE_PATH
+from mesop.env.env import MESOP_APP_BASE_PATH
 from mesop.exceptions import MesopException
 from mesop.runtime import runtime
 from mesop.server.constants import WEB_COMPONENTS_PATH_SEGMENT
@@ -100,8 +100,8 @@ def serve_web_components(path: str):
       else safe_join(os.getcwd(), path)
     )
 
-    if MESOP_STATIC_FILES_BASE_PATH:
-      serving_path = safe_join(MESOP_STATIC_FILES_BASE_PATH, path)
+    if MESOP_APP_BASE_PATH:
+      serving_path = safe_join(MESOP_APP_BASE_PATH, path)
 
     file_name = os.path.basename(path)
     file_extension = os.path.splitext(file_name)[1].lower()