move public config to server

packages/core/strapi/lib/Strapi.js

@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ const LIFECYCLES = {
 class Strapi {
   constructor(opts = {}) {
     destroyOnSignal(this);
-    this.dirs = utils.getDirs(opts.dir || process.cwd());
+    this.dirs = utils.getDirs(opts.dir || process.cwd(), { strapi: this });
     const appConfig = loadConfiguration(this.dirs.root, opts);
     this.container = createContainer(this);
     this.container.register('config', createConfigProvider(appConfig));

packages/core/strapi/lib/commands/develop.js

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ const fs = require('fs-extra');
 const chokidar = require('chokidar');
 const execa = require('execa');
 const { getOr } = require('lodash/fp');
+const urlJoin = require('url-join');
 
 const { createLogger } = require('@strapi/logger');
 const loadConfiguration = require('../core/app-configuration');
@@ -131,6 +132,8 @@ function watchFileChanges({ dir, strapiInstance, watchIgnoreFiles, polling }) {
       '**/index.html',
       '**/public',
       '**/public/**',
+      strapiInstance.config.get('server.public.path'),
+      urlJoin(strapiInstance.config.get('server.public.path'), '**'),
       '**/*.db*',
       '**/exports/**',
       ...watchIgnoreFiles,

packages/core/strapi/lib/core/app-configuration/index.js

@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ const defaultConfig = {
     proxy: false,
     cron: { enabled: false },
     admin: { autoOpen: false },
+    public: { path: './public' },
   },
   admin: {},
   api: {
@@ -55,5 +56,9 @@ module.exports = (dir, initialConfig = {}) => {
   const envDir = path.resolve(configDir, 'env', process.env.NODE_ENV);
   const envConfig = loadConfigDir(envDir);
 
-  return _.merge(rootConfig, defaultConfig, baseConfig, envConfig);
+  const config = _.merge(rootConfig, defaultConfig, baseConfig, envConfig);
+
+  config.server.public.path = path.resolve(dir, config.server.public.path);
+
+  return config;
 };

packages/core/strapi/lib/core/bootstrap.js

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 'use strict';
 
 const { getConfigUrls } = require('@strapi/utils');
+const fse = require('fs-extra');
 
 module.exports = function({ strapi }) {
   strapi.config.port = strapi.config.get('server.port') || strapi.config.port;
@@ -22,4 +23,7 @@ module.exports = function({ strapi }) {
   if (!shouldServeAdmin) {
     strapi.config.serveAdminPanel = false;
   }
+
+  // ensure public repository exists
+  fse.ensureDir(strapi.config.get('server.public.path'));
 };

packages/core/strapi/lib/middlewares/public/index.js

@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ module.exports = (config, { strapi }) => {
       {
         method: 'GET',
         path: '/(.*)',
-        handler: koaStatic(strapi.dirs.public, {
+        handler: koaStatic(strapi.config.get('server.public.path'), {
           maxage: maxAge,
           defer: true,
         }),

packages/core/strapi/lib/utils/get-dirs.js

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 const { join } = require('path');
 
-const getDirs = root => ({
+const getDirs = (root, { strapi }) => ({
   root,
   src: join(root, 'src'),
   api: join(root, 'src', 'api'),
@@ -11,7 +11,13 @@ const getDirs = root => ({
   policies: join(root, 'src', 'policies'),
   middlewares: join(root, 'src', 'middlewares'),
   config: join(root, 'config'),
-  public: join(root, 'public'),
+  get public() {
+    // TODO V5: to be removed
+    process.emitWarning(
+      `[Deprecated] strapi.dirs.public will not exist in future versions. Prefere using strapi.config.get('server.public.path') instead.`
+    );
+    return strapi.config.get('server.public.path');
+  },
 });
 
 module.exports = getDirs;

packages/core/strapi/package.json

@@ -127,6 +127,7 @@
     "resolve-cwd": "3.0.0",
     "semver": "7.3.5",
     "statuses": "2.0.1",
+    "url-join": "4.0.1",
     "uuid": "^3.3.2"
   },
   "devDependencies": {

packages/core/upload/server/middlewares/upload.js

@@ -25,7 +25,10 @@ module.exports = ({ strapi }) => {
     {
       method: 'GET',
       path: '/uploads/(.*)',
-      handler: [range, koaStatic(strapi.dirs.public, { defer: true, ...localServerConfig })],
+      handler: [
+        range,
+        koaStatic(strapi.config.get('server.public.path'), { defer: true, ...localServerConfig }),
+      ],
       config: { auth: false },
     },
   ]);

packages/providers/upload-local/lib/index.js

@@ -7,8 +7,11 @@
 // Public node modules.
 const fs = require('fs');
 const path = require('path');
+const fse = require('fs-extra');
 const { PayloadTooLargeError } = require('@strapi/utils').errors;
 
+const UPLOADS_FOLDER_NAME = 'uploads';
+
 module.exports = {
   init({ sizeLimit = 1000000 } = {}) {
     const verifySize = file => {
@@ -17,7 +20,11 @@ module.exports = {
       }
     };
 
-    const publicDir = strapi.dirs.public;
+    const publicDir = strapi.config.get('server.public.path');
+
+    // Ensure uploads folder exists
+    const uploadPath = path.resolve(publicDir, UPLOADS_FOLDER_NAME);
+    fse.ensureDirSync(uploadPath);
 
     return {
       upload(file) {
@@ -25,19 +32,15 @@ module.exports = {
 
         return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
           // write file in public/assets folder
-          fs.writeFile(
-            path.join(publicDir, `/uploads/${file.hash}${file.ext}`),
-            file.buffer,
-            err => {
-              if (err) {
-                return reject(err);
-              }
-
-              file.url = `/uploads/${file.hash}${file.ext}`;
-
-              resolve();
+          fs.writeFile(path.join(uploadPath, `${file.hash}${file.ext}`), file.buffer, err => {
+            if (err) {
+              return reject(err);
             }
-          );
+
+            file.url = `/${UPLOADS_FOLDER_NAME}/${file.hash}${file.ext}`;
+
+            resolve();
+          });
         });
       },
       delete(file) {

packages/providers/upload-local/package.json

@@ -35,7 +35,8 @@
     "test": "echo \"no tests yet\""
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "@strapi/utils": "4.1.0"
+    "@strapi/utils": "4.1.0",
+    "fs-extra": "10.0.0"
   },
   "engines": {
     "node": ">=12.22.0 <=16.x.x",