how to read a file from server in play framework

Question

I have the following file

/app/menus/menu1.yml

and I\'d like to read it\'s contents

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short answer:

fileConten         


        

Answer 1

From Play 2.6 this is now in Environment. And I suggest using either .getExistingFile which returns an option in case file does not exist. Or .resource which returns a URL to anything in the classpath only.

https://www.playframework.com/documentation/2.6.x/api/scala/index.html#play.api.Environment

 class Someclass @Inject (environment: play.api.Environment) {
 // ...

 environment.getExistingFile("data/data.xml").fold{
   // NO FILE. PANIC
 }{ file =>
   // Do something magic with file
 }