Support disabling the web UI with disableWebFeatures. Closes #32

config/config.go

@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ type config struct {
 	S3                 s3              `yaml:"s3"`
 	InstanceDetails    InstanceDetails `yaml:"instanceDetails"`
 	VersionInfo        string          `yaml:"-"`
+	DisableWebFeatures bool            `yaml:"disableWebFeatures"`
 }
 
 // InstanceDetails defines the user-visible information about this particular instance.

controllers/index.go

@@ -29,9 +29,18 @@ type MetadataPage struct {
 func IndexHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	middleware.EnableCors(&w)
 
+	isIndexRequest := r.URL.Path == "/" || r.URL.Path == "/index.html"
+
+	// Reject requests for the web UI if it's disabled.
+	if isIndexRequest && config.Config.DisableWebFeatures {
+		w.WriteHeader(http.StatusNotFound)
+		w.Write([]byte("404 - y u ask 4 this?  If this is an error let us know: https://github.com/gabek/owncast/issues"))
+		return
+	}
+
 	ua := user_agent.New(r.UserAgent())
 
-	if ua != nil && ua.Bot() && (r.URL.Path == "/" || r.URL.Path == "/index.html") {
+	if ua != nil && ua.Bot() && isIndexRequest {
 		handleScraperMetadataPage(w, r)
 		return
 	}

router/router.go

@@ -14,9 +14,6 @@ import (
 
 //Start starts the router for the http, ws, and rtmp
 func Start() error {
-	// websocket chat server
-	go chat.Start()
-
 	// start the rtmp server
 	go rtmp.Start()
 
@@ -26,11 +23,16 @@ func Start() error {
 	// status of the system
 	http.HandleFunc("/status", controllers.GetStatus)
 
+	if !config.Config.DisableWebFeatures {
+		// websocket chat server
+		go chat.Start()
+
 		// chat rest api
 		http.HandleFunc("/chat", controllers.GetChatMessages)
 
 		// web config api
 		http.HandleFunc("/config", controllers.GetWebConfig)
+	}
 
 	port := config.Config.WebServerPort