build.rs

use std::path::Path;
use std::process::Command;

fn main() {
    let dist_dir = Path::new("web/dist");
    let web_dir = Path::new("web");

    // Tell Cargo to re-run this script when web source files change.
    println!("cargo:rerun-if-changed=web/src");
    println!("cargo:rerun-if-changed=web/index.html");
    println!("cargo:rerun-if-changed=web/package.json");
    println!("cargo:rerun-if-changed=web/vite.config.ts");

    // Attempt to build the web frontend if npm is available and web/dist is
    // missing or stale.  The build is best-effort: when Node.js is not
    // installed (e.g. CI containers, cross-compilation, minimal dev setups)
    // we fall back to the existing stub/empty dist directory so the Rust
    // build still succeeds.
    let needs_build = !dist_dir.join("index.html").exists();

    if needs_build && web_dir.join("package.json").exists() {
        if let Ok(npm) = which_npm() {
            eprintln!("cargo:warning=Building web frontend (web/dist is missing or stale)...");

            // npm ci / npm install
            let install_status = Command::new(&npm)
                .args(["ci", "--ignore-scripts"])
                .current_dir(web_dir)
                .status();

            match install_status {
                Ok(s) if s.success() => {}
                Ok(s) => {
                    // Fall back to `npm install` if `npm ci` fails (no lockfile, etc.)
                    eprintln!("cargo:warning=npm ci exited with {s}, trying npm install...");
                    let fallback = Command::new(&npm)
                        .args(["install"])
                        .current_dir(web_dir)
                        .status();
                    if !matches!(fallback, Ok(s) if s.success()) {
                        eprintln!("cargo:warning=npm install failed — skipping web build");
                        ensure_dist_dir(dist_dir);
                        return;
                    }
                }
                Err(e) => {
                    eprintln!("cargo:warning=Could not run npm: {e} — skipping web build");
                    ensure_dist_dir(dist_dir);
                    return;
                }
            }

            // npm run build
            let build_status = Command::new(&npm)
                .args(["run", "build"])
                .current_dir(web_dir)
                .status();

            match build_status {
                Ok(s) if s.success() => {
                    eprintln!("cargo:warning=Web frontend built successfully.");
                }
                Ok(s) => {
                    eprintln!(
                        "cargo:warning=npm run build exited with {s} — web dashboard may be unavailable"
                    );
                }
                Err(e) => {
                    eprintln!(
                        "cargo:warning=Could not run npm build: {e} — web dashboard may be unavailable"
                    );
                }
            }
        }
    }

    ensure_dist_dir(dist_dir);
}

/// Ensure the dist directory exists so `rust-embed` does not fail at compile
/// time even when the web frontend is not built.
fn ensure_dist_dir(dist_dir: &Path) {
    if !dist_dir.exists() {
        std::fs::create_dir_all(dist_dir).expect("failed to create web/dist/");
    }
}

/// Locate the `npm` binary on the system PATH.
fn which_npm() -> Result<String, ()> {
    let cmd = if cfg!(target_os = "windows") {
        "where"
    } else {
        "which"
    };

    Command::new(cmd)
        .arg("npm")
        .output()
        .ok()
        .and_then(|output| {
            if output.status.success() {
                String::from_utf8(output.stdout)
                    .ok()
                    .map(|s| s.lines().next().unwrap_or("npm").trim().to_string())
            } else {
                None
            }
        })
        .ok_or(())
}