serve frontend files

backend/tracim_backend/__init__.py

 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+import os
 
+from tracim_backend.views.frontend import FrontendController
 
 try:  # Python 3.5+
     from http import HTTPStatus
     context.handle_exception(OperationalError, HTTPStatus.INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR)
     context.handle_exception(Exception, HTTPStatus.INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR)
 
+
     # Add controllers
     session_controller = SessionController()
     system_controller = SystemController()
     configurator.include(thread_controller.bind, route_prefix=BASE_API_V2)
     configurator.include(file_controller.bind, route_prefix=BASE_API_V2)
 
+    if app_config.FRONTEND_SERVE:
+        frontend_controller = FrontendController(app_config.FRONTEND_DIST_FOLDER_PATH)  # nopep8
+        configurator.include(frontend_controller.bind)
+
     hapic.add_documentation_view(
         '/api/v2/doc',
         'Tracim v2 API',

backend/tracim_backend/config.py

 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 from urllib.parse import urlparse
+
+import os
 from paste.deploy.converters import asbool
 from tracim_backend.lib.utils.logger import logger
 from depot.manager import DepotManager
 
         self.PREVIEW_JPG_ALLOWED_DIMS = allowed_dims
 
+        self.FRONTEND_SERVE = asbool(settings.get(
+            'frontend.serve', False
+        ))
+
+        # INFO - G.M - 2018-08-06 - we pretend that frontend_dist_folder
+        # is probably in frontend subfolder
+        # of tracim_v2 parent of both backend and frontend
+        backend_folder = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)))  # nopep8
+        tracim_v2_folder = os.path.dirname(backend_folder)
+        frontend_dist_folder = os.path.join(tracim_v2_folder, 'frontend', 'dist')  # nopep8
+
+        self.FRONTEND_DIST_FOLDER_PATH = settings.get(
+            'frontend.dist_folder_path', frontend_dist_folder
+        )
+
+        # INFO - G.M - 2018-08-06 - We check dist folder existence
+        if self.FRONTEND_SERVE and not os.path.isdir(self.FRONTEND_DIST_FOLDER_PATH):  # nopep8
+            raise Exception(
+                'ERROR: {} folder does not exist as folder. '
+                'please set frontend.dist_folder.path'
+                'with a correct value'.format(self.FRONTEND_DIST_FOLDER_PATH)
+            )
+
     def configure_filedepot(self):
         depot_storage_name = self.DEPOT_STORAGE_NAME
         depot_storage_path = self.DEPOT_STORAGE_DIR

backend/tracim_backend/views/core_api/user_controller.py

 SWAGGER_TAG__USER_ENDPOINTS = 'Users'
 
 
-
 class UserController(Controller):
 
     @hapic.with_api_doc(tags=[SWAGGER_TAG__USER_ENDPOINTS])