1 files changed, 35 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/zenserver/frontend/frontend.cpp b/src/zenserver/frontend/frontend.cpp
index 579a65c5a..697cc014e 100644
--- a/src/zenserver/frontend/frontend.cpp
+++ b/src/zenserver/frontend/frontend.cpp
@@ -68,6 +68,14 @@ HttpFrontendService::HttpFrontendService(std::filesystem::path Directory, HttpSt
 				{
 					m_Directory = HtmlDir;
 				}
+
+				// Map data/ requests to the project docs/ directory in dev mode
+				std::filesystem::path DocsDir = ParentPath / "docs";
+				if (IsDir(DocsDir, ErrorCode))
+				{
+					m_DocsDirectory = DocsDir;
+				}
+
 				break;
 			}
 			Path = ParentPath;
@@ -145,6 +153,18 @@ HttpFrontendService::HandleRequest(zen::HttpServerRequest& Request)
 		const std::string_view DotExt = Uri.substr(DotIndex + 1);
 
 		ContentType = ParseContentType(DotExt);
+
+		// Extensions used only for static file serving — not in the global
+		// ParseContentType table because that table also drives URI extension
+		// stripping for content negotiation, and we don't want /api/foo.txt to
+		// have its extension removed.
+		if (ContentType == HttpContentType::kUnknownContentType)
+		{
+			if (DotExt == "txt" || DotExt == "md")
+			{
+				ContentType = HttpContentType::kText;
+			}
+		}
 	}
 
 	if (ContentType == HttpContentType::kUnknownContentType)
@@ -154,6 +174,21 @@ HttpFrontendService::HandleRequest(zen::HttpServerRequest& Request)
 
 	auto WriteResponseForUri = [this,
 								&Request](std::string_view InUri, HttpResponseCode ResponseCode, HttpContentType ContentType) -> bool {
+		// In dev mode, map data/ requests to the project docs/ directory
+		constexpr std::string_view DataPrefix = "data/";
+		if (!m_DocsDirectory.empty() && InUri.starts_with(DataPrefix))
+		{
+			std::string_view DocsRelative = InUri.substr(DataPrefix.size());
+			auto			 FullPath	  = m_DocsDirectory / std::filesystem::path(DocsRelative).make_preferred();
+			FileContents	 File		  = ReadFile(FullPath);
+
+			if (!File.ErrorCode)
+			{
+				Request.WriteResponse(ResponseCode, ContentType, File.Data[0]);
+				return true;
+			}
+		}
+
 		// The given content directory overrides any zip-fs discovered in the binary
 		if (!m_Directory.empty())
 		{