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The "file" format is configured as `"prerender": { "format": "file" }`,
the same option as in the pull request for the Angular CLI. The builder
takes `format` out of the prerender option, so it also works with
`"outputMode": "static"`. Routes are renamed from `<route>/index.html`
to `<route>.html` without special rules for individual routes.
BREAKING CHANGE: the top-level option `prerenderFormat` is replaced by
`prerender.format`. Run `ng add @angular-schule/prerender-format` again
or move the value into the `prerender` object.
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## Overview
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`@angular-schule/prerender-format` is an Angular CLI builder that wraps `@angular/build:application`. With `prerenderFormat: "file"`, prerendered routes are written as `foo.html` instead of `foo/index.html`, so static hosts serve `/foo` without a trailing slash redirect. It implements the idea from [angular/angular-cli#29173](https://github.com/angular/angular-cli/issues/29173); the pull request [angular/angular-cli#34180](https://github.com/angular/angular-cli/pull/34180) adds the same option to Angular itself. Structure and conventions follow [angular-cli-ghpages](https://github.com/angular-schule/angular-cli-ghpages).
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`@angular-schule/prerender-format` is an Angular CLI builder that wraps `@angular/build:application`. With `"prerender": { "format": "file" }`, prerendered routes are written as `foo.html` instead of `foo/index.html`, so static hosts serve `/foo` without a trailing slash redirect. It implements the idea from [angular/angular-cli#29173](https://github.com/angular/angular-cli/issues/29173); the pull request [angular/angular-cli#34180](https://github.com/angular/angular-cli/pull/34180) adds the same option to Angular itself. Structure and conventions follow [angular-cli-ghpages](https://github.com/angular-schule/angular-cli-ghpages).
`application/schema.json` is generated: the schema of `@angular/build:application` from the installed version plus `prerenderFormat`. Regenerate it after updating `@angular/build` and commit the result. `npm test` fails if it is out of sync.
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`application/schema.json` is generated: the schema of `@angular/build:application` from the installed version plus `format` in the `prerender` object. Regenerate it after updating `@angular/build` and commit the result. `npm test` fails if it is out of sync.
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## Principle: warn and fall back, never fail
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The option must never make a build fail. Whenever the "file" format does not apply, log a warning and keep the behavior of `@angular/build:application` (`<route>/index.html`), for the whole build or for a single route. No `throw` and no `try/catch` for control flow: functions that can fail return a result (see `InstallResult`). The only exceptions are the `SchematicsException`s of `ng add` for invalid input, as the Angular schematics API expects.
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The option must never make a build fail. Whenever the "file" format does not apply, log a warning and keep the behavior of `@angular/build:application` (`<route>/index.html`). No `throw` and no `try/catch` for control flow: functions that can fail return a result (see `InstallResult`). The only exceptions are the `SchematicsException`s of `ng add` for invalid input, as the Angular schematics API expects.
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## Architecture
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1.**Builder** (`src/application/`):
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-`builder.ts` - Angular builder entry point, called by `ng build`. Strips `prerenderFormat`and delegates to `buildApplication`. Whenever the "file" format does not apply (a server is produced, the internals of `@angular/build` differ, nothing went through the wrapper), it logs a warning and the build behaves like `@angular/build:application`.
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-`builder.ts` - Angular builder entry point, called by `ng build`. Takes `format` out of the `prerender` option (`toApplicationOptions()`) and delegates to `buildApplication`. With `outputMode`, `@angular/build` ignores `prerender` and warns about it, so a `prerender` object that only carries `format` is dropped there. Whenever the "file" format does not apply (a server is produced, the internals of `@angular/build` differ, nothing went through the wrapper), it logs a warning and the build behaves like `@angular/build:application`.
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-`ships-server.ts` - The rule for "this build ships an SSR server", shared by builder and `ng add`.
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-`file-format.ts` - Wraps the internal `prerenderPages()` of `@angular/build`. `execute-post-bundle.js` reads it from the module's exports object at call time, so replacing the export takes effect for regular and localized builds.
- Swaps the build target's builder and sets `prerenderFormat: "file"`
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- Swaps the build target's builder and sets `prerender.format: "file"`, keeping other `prerender` settings
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- Warns if the build target or one of its configurations produces an SSR server
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### Internal API
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`prerenderPages()` in `@angular/build/src/utils/server-rendering/prerender.js` is not public. If the module or the export is missing, `installFileFormat()` returns the reason and the builder warns instead of patching, and `file-format.spec.ts` checks the call site in `execute-post-bundle.js`. The package supports Angular 22 only. `.github/scripts/test-angular-app.sh` builds a fresh Angular app (lowest and latest 22.x in CI) and checks `ng add`, the server warning, the "file" output for two locales and the `/index` fallback.
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`prerenderPages()` in `@angular/build/src/utils/server-rendering/prerender.js` is not public. If the module or the export is missing, `installFileFormat()` returns the reason and the builder warns instead of patching, and `file-format.spec.ts` checks the call site in `execute-post-bundle.js`. The package supports Angular 22 only. `.github/scripts/test-angular-app.sh` builds a fresh Angular app (lowest and latest 22.x in CI) and checks `ng add`, the server warning, and the "file" output for two locales.
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-**Old links keep working:** addresses with a trailing slash redirect to the address without it (measured on Cloudflare Pages, see [Hosts](#hosts)).
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The idea comes from [angular/angular-cli#29173](https://github.com/angular/angular-cli/issues/29173), which asks for an option to write `<route>.html` instead of `<route>/index.html`.
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The pull request [angular/angular-cli#34180](https://github.com/angular/angular-cli/pull/34180) adds such an option to Angular itself, with the same name and values as this builder: `prerenderFormat`,`'directory'` or `'file'`.
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The pull request [angular/angular-cli#34180](https://github.com/angular/angular-cli/pull/34180) adds the same option to Angular itself: `prerender.format` with`'directory'` or `'file'`.
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The builder is a stopgap: developed and tested for Angular 22, until Angular has a built-in option and this package is no longer needed.
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If you want the option in Angular, please give the issue and the pull request a 👍.
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## ⚙️ Installation <aname="installation"></a>
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`ng add @angular-schule/prerender-format` installs the package and changes the builder of your build target in `angular.json` and sets `prerenderFormat`.
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`prerenderFormat: "file"` only applies to static builds. If the build target (or one of its configurations) produces an SSR server, `ng add` still sets it up and shows a warning.
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`ng add @angular-schule/prerender-format` installs the package, changes the builder of your build target in `angular.json` and sets `prerender.format`.
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## 🔭 Other frameworks <aname="other-frameworks"></a>
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Static site generators have offered this choice for a long time. We decided to borrow the terminology from Astro: `build.format` with `'directory'` and `'file'` became `prerender.format` with the same values.
Astro's documentation recommends `build.format: 'file'` together with `trailingSlash: 'never'`, which is exactly the combination this builder enables for Angular.
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