How can I allow users to access js files from sub-sub folders ASP .NET MVC3

Question

I'm wondering if its possible to allow users to access my js files from sub-sub folders. The folder structure is:

images
js
Models
Views
|-employee
|--css
|---employee.css
|--images
|---img1.jpg
|---img2.png
|--js
|---employee.js
|---employee.html
|--index.html

If you access any of:

http://localhost/employee/
http://localhost/employee/js/employee.html

there's no error. But if you try to access any of:

http://localhost/employee/js/employee.js
http://localhost/employee/images/img1.jpg

it gives me 404.

Thanks in advance.

why do you access: localhost/employee/js/employee.js and not localhost/Views/employee/js/employee.js (according your notation from above) — flo scheiwiller
– flo scheiwiller, Commented Sep 15, 2015 at 16:02

Community · Accepted Answer · 2017-05-23 12:29:35Z

1

In order to grant the required permissions add the auth-exception to your web.config, to allow any user the access to your js files:

 <configuration>
   <location path="js">
    <system.web>
      <authorization>
        <allow users="*" />
      </authorization>
    </system.web>
  </location>
 </configuration>

In Addition, add the staticFileHandler:

  <handlers><add name="JavaScriptHandler" path="*.js" verb="*" preCondition="integratedMode" type="System.Web.StaticFileHandler" /></handlers>

or discussion about safety: on MVC - Accessing css, image, js files in view folder

edited May 23, 2017 at 12:29

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5 Comments

Tobee Over a year ago

Sorry my bad, I updated my question. I tried your suggestion still no luck. @flo

flo scheiwiller Over a year ago

i updated my answer. See also: stackoverflow.com/questions/604883/…

Tobee Over a year ago

I tried the suggestions from the links still no luck. Correct me if I'm wrong the web.config file you're/they referring is Views\Web.config right? @flo

flo scheiwiller Over a year ago

web.config files are organized by hierarchy. meaning that a restriction of a web.config in a subfolder can add, but not undo restrictions of any web.config in a parent folder

Tobee Over a year ago

I tried the suggestion of davesw from here stackoverflow.com/questions/604883/… still no luck.

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