How to use elm reactor to access files via http request? - elm

Question

elm 0.19
$ mkdir myprj; cd myprj; elm init; elm install elm/http
then create src/test.elm and src/test.txt:
$ tree
.
├── elm.json
└── src
├── test.elm
└── test.txt
$ elm reactor
then navigate to:
http://localhost:8000/src/test.elm
so the browser window shows:
This is a headless program, meaning there is nothing to show here.
I started the program anyway though, and you can access it as `app` in the developer console.
but the browser console shows:
Failed to load resource: the server responded with a status of 404 (Not Found) test.text:1
Why can't elm reactor locate test.txt?
test.txt:
hi
test.elm:
import Http
init () =
( "", Http.send Resp <| Http.getString "test.text" )
type Msg
= Resp (Result Http.Error String)
update msg model =
case msg of
Resp result ->
case result of
Ok body ->
( Debug.log "ok" body, Cmd.none )
Err _ ->
( "err", Cmd.none )
subscriptions model =
Sub.none
main =
Platform.worker
{ init = init
, update = update
, subscriptions = subscriptions
}
Solved
In test.elm, the url "test.txt" was falsely spelled to "test.text".

Answer 1

Your comment has different file extensions. You said you created src/test.txt but you are getting a 404 because you are asking for a .text extension.
Try going to http://localhost:8000/src/test.txt