From 7ecefe37da9307c2e55a1ce3b177fe4f61dabb1d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Irevoire <tamo@meilisearch.com>
Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2021 11:34:54 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] fix root route

---
 meilisearch-http/src/lib.rs        |  2 +-
 meilisearch-http/src/routes/mod.rs | 12 ++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/meilisearch-http/src/lib.rs b/meilisearch-http/src/lib.rs
index cdd874a35..9532273aa 100644
--- a/meilisearch-http/src/lib.rs
+++ b/meilisearch-http/src/lib.rs
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ macro_rules! create_app {
         let app = if $enable_frontend {
             app.service(load_html).service(load_css)
         } else {
-            app
+            app.service(running)
         };
         app.wrap(
             Cors::default()
diff --git a/meilisearch-http/src/routes/mod.rs b/meilisearch-http/src/routes/mod.rs
index e1345fa08..9164f2d2f 100644
--- a/meilisearch-http/src/routes/mod.rs
+++ b/meilisearch-http/src/routes/mod.rs
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ impl IndexUpdateResponse {
     }
 }
 
+/// Return the dashboard, should not be used in production. See [running]
 #[get("/")]
 pub async fn load_html() -> HttpResponse {
     HttpResponse::Ok()
@@ -36,6 +37,17 @@ pub async fn load_html() -> HttpResponse {
         .body(include_str!("../../public/interface.html").to_string())
 }
 
+/// Always return a 200 with:
+/// ```json
+/// {
+///     "status": "Meilisearch is running"
+/// }
+/// ```
+#[get("/")]
+pub async fn running() -> HttpResponse {
+    HttpResponse::Ok().json(serde_json::json!({ "status": "MeiliSearch is running" }))
+}
+
 #[get("/bulma.min.css")]
 pub async fn load_css() -> HttpResponse {
     HttpResponse::Ok()