`arc.http.helpers.static` doesn't return the correct URL for Architect 5.5 about functions HOT 9 CLOSED

on a flight today but have this in my queue!

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oh! good call. I wonder… you still might want the s3 url behavior in some cases. maybe we add arc.http.helpers._static for the _static URLs ?

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Hrm a static and a _static seems a bit obscure. Maybe something more explicit if both are needed?

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yeah…its weird! what would u suggest ?

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OK so I've read https://github.com/arc-repos/architect/blob/master/changelog.md and the updated https://arc.codes/guides/static-assets and I'm still not totally clear.

I gather:

• We can access blobs in S3 buckets directly using _static (new in Arc 5.5)
• We can access S3 through lambda (which is what Arc 5.0 did)

Is that correct?

In what circumstances would we need the older behavior?

The changelog should also have advice on what to change during the upgrade for static assets to keep working. Maybe we need to move files, maybe we need to call static() differently, I'm not sure.

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Yo! Ya this is a bit confusing sorry! I'll try to explain.

The root S3 proxy (using arc.proxy.public) and the 'extra' /_static proxy can only handle text content currently (a limitation of API Gateway). So you'll still probably want to load binary content like images, videos, fonts, etc from S3 using the direct S3 URLs.

For text content (json, html, js, css, etc) you will probably want to use either proxy because now your static assets are on the same origin as your dynamic routes and thusly more secured (without CORs). The root proxy passes through Lambda so you get more power BUT that comes at the cost of a Lambda execution so we were motivated to add /_static fallback for devs that want to avoid the Lambda execution but still have the benefits of a same origin.

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Hey @brianleroux I'm a little stuck on this one (trying to update arc-example-ws so it works on current code).

I appreciate the detailed answer, but I'm getting lost here. It seems like a really simple problem. https://arc.codes/guides/static-assets does not help as it is out of date:

• I am on the sandbox.
• I have a client side JS file
• let clientSideJS = static('/index.mjs') returns a broken URL /index.mjs
• let clientSideJS = '/_static/index.mjs' works fine,

What is the correct way to refer to a JS file in public so that it will work on sandbox, staging, production, etc?

I can update the docs accordingly if you need.

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Still occurs on @architect/architect 5.6.3 + @architect/functions 3.0.1

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should be fixed in latest!

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