feat: Add static server and adjust file local to work out of the box

packages/medusa/src/commands/develop.ts

@@ -89,7 +89,13 @@ export default async function ({ port, directory }) {
       this.watcher = chokidar.watch(["."], {
         ignoreInitial: true,
         cwd: process.cwd(),
-        ignored: [/(^|[\\/\\])\../, "node_modules", "dist", "src/admin/**/*"],
+        ignored: [
+          /(^|[\\/\\])\../,
+          "node_modules",
+          "dist",
+          "static",
+          "src/admin/**/*",
+        ],
       })
 
       this.watcher.on("add", (file) => {

packages/medusa/src/loaders/express.ts

@@ -1,19 +1,22 @@
 import { ConfigModule } from "@medusajs/types"
 import createStore from "connect-redis"
 import cookieParser from "cookie-parser"
-import { Express } from "express"
+import express, { Express } from "express"
 import session from "express-session"
 import Redis from "ioredis"
 import morgan from "morgan"
+import path from "path"
 
 type Options = {
   app: Express
   configModule: ConfigModule
+  rootDirectory: string
 }
 
 export default async ({
   app,
   configModule,
+  rootDirectory,
 }: Options): Promise<{
   app: Express
   shutdown: () => Promise<void>
@@ -67,6 +70,9 @@ export default async ({
   app.use(cookieParser())
   app.use(session(sessionOpts))
 
+  // Currently we don't allow configuration of static files, but this can be revisited as needed.
+  app.use("/static", express.static(path.join(rootDirectory, "static")))
+
   app.get("/health", (req, res) => {
     res.status(200).send("OK")
   })

packages/medusa/src/loaders/index.ts

@@ -92,7 +92,11 @@ async function loadEntrypoints(
     return async () => {}
   }
 
-  const { shutdown } = await expressLoader({ app: expressApp, configModule })
+  const { shutdown } = await expressLoader({
+    app: expressApp,
+    configModule,
+    rootDirectory,
+  })
   expressApp.use((req: Request, res: Response, next: NextFunction) => {
     req.scope = container.createScope() as MedusaContainer
     req.requestId = (req.headers["x-request-id"] as string) ?? v4()

packages/modules/providers/file-local/src/services/local-file.ts

@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ export class LocalFileService extends AbstractFileProviderService {
 
   constructor(_, options: LocalFileServiceOptions) {
     super()
-    this.uploadDir_ = options?.upload_dir || path.join(__dirname, "uploads")
-    this.backendUrl_ = options?.backend_url || "http://localhost:9000"
+    this.uploadDir_ = options?.upload_dir || path.join(process.cwd(), "static")
+    this.backendUrl_ = options?.backend_url || "http://localhost:9000/static"
   }
 
   async upload(
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@ export class LocalFileService extends AbstractFileProviderService {
   }
 
   private getUploadFileUrl = (fileKey: string) => {
-    return path.join(this.backendUrl_, this.getUploadFilePath(fileKey))
+    const baseUrl = new URL(this.backendUrl_)
+    baseUrl.pathname = path.join(baseUrl.pathname, fileKey)
+    return baseUrl.href
   }
 
   private async ensureDirExists(dirPath: string) {