podnoms/server/Utils/ResourceReader.cs

using System;
using System.IO;
using System.Reflection;
using System.Text;
using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;

namespace PodNoms.Api.Utils
{

    public static class ResourceReader
    {
        public static string ReadResource(string resourceName, ILogger logger)
        {
            string ret = string.Empty;
            var assembly = Assembly.GetEntryAssembly();
            if (assembly != null)
            {
                logger.LogDebug($"Entry Assembly: {assembly.Location}");
                var resourceStream = assembly.GetManifestResourceStream($"PodNoms.Api.Resources.{resourceName}");
                if (resourceStream != null)
                {
                    using (var reader = new StreamReader(resourceStream, Encoding.UTF8))
                    {
                        ret = reader.ReadToEnd();
                    }
                    return ret;
                }
                else
                {
                    //massive HACK here - docker is not reading embedded resource for some reason
                    try
                    {
                        using (StreamReader sr = new StreamReader(File.Open($"/app/Resources/{resourceName}", FileMode.Open)))
                        {
                            // Read the stream to a string, and write the string to the console.
                            string data = sr.ReadToEnd();
                            return data;
                        }
                    }
                    catch (Exception ex)
                    {
                        logger.LogError($"Resource {resourceName} not found in assembly {assembly.Location}");
                        logger.LogError($"{ex.Message}");
                    }
                }
            }
            logger.LogError("Unable to get executing assembly");
            return string.Empty;
        }
    }
}