Added a build runner in line with starting the service.

bitcore-node/index.js

@@ -3,24 +3,35 @@
 var BaseService = require('./service');
 var inherits = require('util').inherits;
 var fs = require('fs');
-var pkg = require('../package');
+var exec = require('child_process').exec;
+var pkg = require('../package.json');
 
 var InsightUI = function(options) {
   BaseService.call(this, options);
-  // we don't use the options object for routePrefix and apiPrefix, since the
-  // client must be rebuilt with the proper options. A future version of 
-  // Bitcore should allow for a service "build" step to make this better.
-  this.apiPrefix = pkg.insightConfig.apiPrefix;
-  this.routePrefix = pkg.insightConfig.routePrefix;
+  this.apiPrefix = options.apiPrefix || 'api';
+  this.routePrefix = options.routePrefix || '';
 };
 
 InsightUI.dependencies = ['insight-api'];
 
 inherits(InsightUI, BaseService);
 
 InsightUI.prototype.start = function(callback) {
-  this.indexFile = this.filterIndexHTML(fs.readFileSync(__dirname + '/../public/index-template.html', {encoding: 'utf8'}));
-  setImmediate(callback);
+
+  var self = this;
+  pkg.insightConfig.apiPrefix = self.apiPrefix;
+  pkg.insightConfig.routePrefix = self.routePrefix;
+
+  fs.writeFileSync(__dirname + '/../package.json', JSON.stringify(pkg, null, 2));
+  exec('pushd ' + __dirname + '/../;' +
+    ' npm run install-and-build; popd', function(err) {
+    if (err) {
+      return callback(err);
+    }
+    self.indexFile = self.filterIndexHTML(fs.readFileSync(__dirname + '/../public/index-template.html', {encoding: 'utf8'}));
+    callback();
+  });
+
 };
 
 InsightUI.prototype.getRoutePrefix = function() {
@@ -31,7 +42,7 @@ InsightUI.prototype.setupRoutes = function(app, express) {
   var self = this;
   app.use(express.static(__dirname + '/../public'));
   // if not in found, fall back to indexFile (404 is handled client-side)
-  app.use(function(req, res, next) {
+  app.use(function(req, res) {
     res.setHeader('Content-Type', 'text/html');
     res.send(self.indexFile);
   });

package.json

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "insight-ui",
   "description": "An open-source frontend for the Insight API. The Insight API provides you with a convenient, powerful and simple way to query and broadcast data on the bitcoin network and build your own services with it.",
-  "version": "5.0.0-beta.1",
+  "version": "5.0.0-beta.12",
   "repository": "git://github.com/bitpay/insight-ui.git",
   "bugs": {
     "url": "https://github.com/bitpay/insight-ui/issues"
@@ -18,12 +18,13 @@
   ],
   "bitcoreNode": "bitcore-node",
   "insightConfig": {
-    "apiPrefix": "insight-api",
-    "routePrefix": "insight"
+    "apiPrefix": "api",
+    "routePrefix": ""
   },
   "scripts": {
     "build": "bower install && grunt compile",
-    "watch": "grunt"
+    "watch": "grunt",
+    "install-and-build": "npm install && npm run build"
   },
   "dependencies": {},
   "devDependencies": {