Changed the changelog and the ERI specifications to load without a request to the app server

app/MindWork AI Studio/Assistants/ERI/AssistantERI.razor.cs

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ namespace AIStudio.Assistants.ERI;
 public partial class AssistantERI : AssistantBaseCore<SettingsDialogERIServer>
 {
     [Inject]
-    private HttpClient HttpClient { get; set; } = null!;
+    private WebRootFiles WebRootFiles { get; set; } = null!;
     
     [Inject]
     private IDialogService DialogService { get; init; } = null!;
@@ -843,7 +843,7 @@ public partial class AssistantERI : AssistantBaseCore<SettingsDialogERIServer>
         var baseDirectorySnapshot = this.baseDirectory;
         var previouslyGeneratedFilesSnapshot = this.previouslyGeneratedFiles.ToArray();
         
-        this.eriSpecification = await this.selectedERIVersion.ReadSpecification(this.HttpClient);
+        this.eriSpecification = await this.selectedERIVersion.ReadSpecification(this.WebRootFiles);
         if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(this.eriSpecification))
         {
             this.AddInputIssue(T("The ERI specification could not be loaded. Please try again later."));

app/MindWork AI Studio/Assistants/ERI/ERIVersionExtensions.cs

@@ -2,19 +2,7 @@ namespace AIStudio.Assistants.ERI;
 
 public static class ERIVersionExtensions
 {
-    public static async Task<string> ReadSpecification(this ERIVersion version, HttpClient httpClient)
+    public static Task<string> ReadSpecification(this ERIVersion version, WebRootFiles webRootFiles) => webRootFiles.ReadTextAsync(version.SpecificationURL());
-    {
-        try
-        {
-            var url = version.SpecificationURL();
-            using var response = await httpClient.GetAsync(url);
-            return await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();
-        }
-        catch
-        {
-            return string.Empty;
-        }
-    }
 
     public static string SpecificationURL(this ERIVersion version)
     {

app/MindWork AI Studio/Components/Changelog.razor.cs

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ namespace AIStudio.Components;
 public partial class Changelog : MSGComponentBase
 {
     [Inject]
-    private HttpClient HttpClient { get; set; } = null!;
+    private WebRootFiles WebRootFiles { get; set; } = null!;
 
     #region Overrides of ComponentBase
 
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ public partial class Changelog : MSGComponentBase
 
     private async Task ReadLogAsync()
     {
-        using var response = await this.HttpClient.GetAsync($"changelog/{this.SelectedLog.Filename}");
+        this.LogContent = await this.WebRootFiles.ReadTextAsync($"changelog/{this.SelectedLog.Filename}");
-        this.LogContent = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();
     }
 }

app/MindWork AI Studio/Pages/Home.razor.cs

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ namespace AIStudio.Pages;
 public partial class Home : MSGComponentBase
 {
     [Inject]
-    private HttpClient HttpClient { get; init; } = null!;
+    private WebRootFiles WebRootFiles { get; init; } = null!;
 
     [Inject]
     private NavigationManager NavigationManager { get; init; } = null!;
@@ -222,8 +222,7 @@ public partial class Home : MSGComponentBase
     private async Task ReadLastChangeAsync()
     {
         var latest = Changelog.LOGS.MaxBy(n => n.Build);
-        using var response = await this.HttpClient.GetAsync($"changelog/{latest.Filename}");
+        this.LastChangeContent = await this.WebRootFiles.ReadTextAsync($"changelog/{latest.Filename}");
-        this.LastChangeContent = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();
         
         await this.InvokeAsync(this.StateHasChanged);
     }

app/MindWork AI Studio/Program.cs

@@ -32,11 +32,6 @@ using MudBlazor.Services;
 
 using MudExtensions.Services;
 
-#if !DEBUG
-using System.Reflection;
-using Microsoft.Extensions.FileProviders;
-#endif
-
 namespace AIStudio;
 
 internal sealed class Program
@@ -283,10 +278,9 @@ internal sealed class Program
                 options.KeepAliveInterval = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(30);
             });
 
-        builder.Services.AddSingleton(new HttpClient
+        // For absolute URLs only. The app reads its own files through WebRootFiles:
-        {
+        builder.Services.AddSingleton(new HttpClient());
-            BaseAddress = new Uri($"http://127.0.0.1:{appPort}")
+        builder.Services.AddSingleton<WebRootFiles>();
-        });
 
         //
         // We listen on the IPv4 loopback address only, where the app window goes. With localhost, the
@@ -356,10 +350,9 @@ internal sealed class Program
         app.UseStaticFiles();
         app.UseDeveloperExceptionPage();
 #else
-        var fileProvider = new ManifestEmbeddedFileProvider(Assembly.GetAssembly(type: typeof(Program))!, "wwwroot");
         app.UseStaticFiles(new StaticFileOptions
         {
-            FileProvider = fileProvider,
+            FileProvider = app.Services.GetRequiredService<WebRootFiles>().FileProvider,
             RequestPath = string.Empty,
         });
 #endif

app/MindWork AI Studio/Tools/WebRootFiles.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+using System.Reflection;
+
+using Microsoft.Extensions.FileProviders;
+
+namespace AIStudio.Tools;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Reads the files below wwwroot, which every build embeds into the app.
+/// </summary>
+/// <remarks>
+/// The app reads files such as its changelogs directly instead of requesting them over HTTP from
+/// its own server. The release build serves its static files from the same provider.
+/// </remarks>
+public sealed class WebRootFiles
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Gets the files below wwwroot.
+    /// </summary>
+    public IFileProvider FileProvider { get; } = new ManifestEmbeddedFileProvider(Assembly.GetAssembly(type: typeof(Program))!, "wwwroot");
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Reads a text file below wwwroot.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="path">The path below wwwroot, such as <c>changelog/v26.10.1.md</c>.</param>
+    /// <returns>The text of the file, or an empty string when there is no such file.</returns>
+    public async Task<string> ReadTextAsync(string path)
+    {
+        var file = this.FileProvider.GetFileInfo(path);
+        if (!file.Exists)
+            return string.Empty;
+
+        await using var fileStream = file.CreateReadStream();
+        using var reader = new StreamReader(fileStream);
+        return await reader.ReadToEndAsync();
+    }
+}

app/Tests/Tools/AppAccess/WebRootFilesTests.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+using AIStudio.Assistants.ERI;
+using AIStudio.Tools;
+
+using Changelog = AIStudio.Components.Changelog;
+
+namespace AIStudio.Tests.Tools.AppAccess;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Checks that the app reads the files below wwwroot which it shows itself.
+/// </summary>
+/// <remarks>
+/// The changelogs and the ERI specifications come from the files embedded into the app, not from a
+/// request to its own server. A file which is missing there would leave the changelog or the ERI
+/// assistant empty without any error.
+/// </remarks>
+[TestFixture]
+public sealed class WebRootFilesTests
+{
+    private static IEnumerable<string> ChangelogFiles() => Changelog.LOGS.Select(log => log.Filename);
+
+    private static IEnumerable<ERIVersion> SpecificationVersions() => Enum.GetValues<ERIVersion>().Where(version => version.WasSpecificationSelected());
+
+    [TestCaseSource(nameof(ChangelogFiles))]
+    public async Task EveryChangelogCanBeRead(string filename)
+    {
+        var text = await new WebRootFiles().ReadTextAsync($"changelog/{filename}");
+        Assert.That(text, Is.Not.Empty);
+    }
+
+    [TestCaseSource(nameof(SpecificationVersions))]
+    public async Task EveryERISpecificationCanBeRead(ERIVersion version)
+    {
+        var text = await version.ReadSpecification(new WebRootFiles());
+        Assert.That(text, Is.Not.Empty);
+    }
+
+    [Test]
+    public async Task AMissingFileReadsAsEmptyText()
+    {
+        var text = await new WebRootFiles().ReadTextAsync("changelog/does-not-exist.md");
+        Assert.That(text, Is.Empty);
+    }
+}