reduce startup complicity.

Author: howieleung

README.md

@@ -58,8 +58,7 @@ To achieve this, when users submit a message to the web server, the web server w
 5. Start the services with this command:
 
     ```shell
-    cd src
-    python -m uvicorn "api.main:create_app" --port 50505 --reload
+    python -m uvicorn "api.main:create_app" --app-dir src --port 50505 --reload
     ```
 
 6. Click 'http://localhost:50505' in the browser to run the application.

src/api/main.py

@@ -102,8 +102,9 @@ def create_app():
         logger.info("Loading .env file")
         load_dotenv(override=True)
 
+    directory = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "static")
     app = fastapi.FastAPI(lifespan=lifespan)
-    app.mount("/static", StaticFiles(directory="api/static"), name="static")
+    app.mount("/static", StaticFiles(directory=directory), name="static")
 
     from . import routes  # noqa
 

src/api/routes.py

@@ -26,7 +26,8 @@
 
 
 router = fastapi.APIRouter()
-templates = Jinja2Templates(directory="api/templates")
+directory = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "templates")
+templates = Jinja2Templates(directory=directory)