# Add folder to maker edition webserver for maker

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**Category:** Maker\
**Tags:** perspective\
**Created:** [February 10, 2023, 3:13am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/add-folder-to-maker-edition-webserver-for-maker/69667 "2023-02-10T03:13:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mupa\_Jelingau](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a9adbd/32.png) [@Mupa\_Jelingau](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Mupa_Jelingau)\
**Post date:** [February 10, 2023, 3:13am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/add-folder-to-maker-edition-webserver-for-maker/69667/1 "2023-02-10T03:13:07Z")

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Add folder to maker edition webserver.

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**Author:** ![pturmel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/pturmel/32/3295_2.png) [@pturmel](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/pturmel)\
**Post date:** [February 17, 2023, 1:40am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/add-folder-to-maker-edition-webserver-for-maker/69667/2 "2023-02-17T01:40:21Z")

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Full Ignition doesn't have a supported folder operation for its webserver. Why would you think Maker would be a candidate for such?

(In either, you can use the install location's webserver folder to host static files, with caveats, and no support.)

The supported solution for both Maker and Full is to place a reverse proxy in front of Ignition and let that proxy serve up your files.

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**Author:** ![nideyijuyidong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7cd45c/32.png) [@nideyijuyidong](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/nideyijuyidong)\
**Post date:** [February 17, 2023, 2:14am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/add-folder-to-maker-edition-webserver-for-maker/69667/3 "2023-02-17T02:14:06Z")

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That seemed to be Nas' work. Even if ignition supports such a function, it will not be better than http.server.

> **[http.server — HTTP servers](https://docs.python.org/3/library/http.server.html)**
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> Source code: Lib/http/server.py This module defines classes for implementing HTTP servers. Availability: not Emscripten, not WASI. This module does not work or is not available on WebAssembly platf...

> **[How to Serve Local Files and Folders with Python Based Web Server ? -...](https://codingshower.com/serve-local-directory-with-python-web-server/)**
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> If you need to serve a bunch of local static files like html, css, js, images, videos, fonts, etc. over http (in a browser), lying somewhere in one of your filesystem directories, Python’s http.server module can get you up and running quickly instead...