Remove ssr.paths configuration and replace with ssr.excludePathPatterns which excludes specific paths from SSR

config/config.example.yml

@@ -23,10 +23,24 @@ ssr:
   # Determining which styles are critical is a relatively expensive operation; this option is
   # disabled (false) by default to boost server performance at the expense of loading smoothness.
   inlineCriticalCss: false
-  # Path prefixes to enable SSR for. By default these are limited to paths of primary DSpace objects.
-  # NOTE: The "/handle/" path ensures Handle redirects work via SSR.  The "/reload/" path ensures
-  # hard refreshes (e.g. after login) trigger SSR while fully reloading the page.
-  paths: [ '/home', '/items/', '/entities/', '/collections/', '/communities/', '/bitstream/', '/bitstreams/', '/handle/', '/reload/' ]
+  # Patterns to be run as regexes against the path of the page to check if SSR is allowed.
+  # If the path match any of the regexes it will be served directly in CSR.
+  # By default, excludes community and collection browse, global browse, global search, community list, statistics and various administrative tools.
+  excludePathPatterns:
+    - pattern: "^/communities/[a-f0-9-]{36}/browse(/.*)?$",
+      flag: "i"
+    - pattern: "^/collections/[a-f0-9-]{36}/browse(/.*)?$"
+      flag: "i"
+    - pattern: "^/browse/"
+    - pattern: "^/search$"
+    - pattern: "^/community-list$"
+    - pattern: "^/admin/"
+    - pattern: "^/processes/?"
+    - pattern: "^/notifications/"
+    - pattern: "^/statistics/?"
+    - pattern: "^/access-control/"
+    - pattern: "^/health$"
+
   # Whether to enable rendering of Search component on SSR.
   # If set to true the component will be included in the HTML returned from the server side rendering.
   # If set to false the component will not be included in the HTML returned from the server side rendering.

server.ts

@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ import {
   REQUEST,
   RESPONSE,
 } from './src/express.tokens';
+import { SsrExcludePatterns } from "./src/config/ssr-config.interface";
 
 /*
  * Set path for the browser application's dist folder
@@ -221,7 +222,7 @@ export function app() {
  * The callback function to serve server side angular
  */
 function ngApp(req, res, next) {
-  if (environment.ssr.enabled && req.method === 'GET' && (req.path === '/' || environment.ssr.paths.some(pathPrefix => req.path.startsWith(pathPrefix)))) {
+  if (environment.ssr.enabled && req.method === 'GET' && (req.path === '/' || !isExcludedFromSsr(req.path, environment.ssr.excludePathPatterns))) {
     // Render the page to user via SSR (server side rendering)
     serverSideRender(req, res, next);
   } else {
@@ -627,6 +628,21 @@ function start() {
   }
 }
 
+/**
+ * Check if SSR should be skipped for path
+ *
+ * @param path
+ * @param excludePathPattern
+ */
+function isExcludedFromSsr(path: string, excludePathPattern: SsrExcludePatterns[]): boolean {
+  const patterns = excludePathPattern.map(p =>
+    new RegExp(p.pattern, p.flag || '')
+  );
+  return patterns.some((regex) => {
+    return regex.test(path)
+  });
+}
+
 /*
  * The callback function to serve health check requests
  */

src/config/ssr-config.interface.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 import { Config } from './config.interface';
 
+export interface SsrExcludePatterns {
+  pattern: string | RegExp;
+  flag?: string;
+}
+
 export interface SSRConfig extends Config {
   /**
    * A boolean flag indicating whether the SSR configuration is enabled
@@ -39,9 +44,9 @@ export interface SSRConfig extends Config {
   replaceRestUrl: boolean;
 
   /**
-   * Paths to enable SSR for. Defaults to the home page and paths in the sitemap.
+   * Patterns to be used as regexes to match url's path and check if SSR is disabled for it.
    */
-  paths: Array<string>;
+  excludePathPatterns:  SsrExcludePatterns[];
 
   /**
    * Whether to enable rendering of search component on SSR

src/environments/environment.production.ts

@@ -10,7 +10,25 @@ export const environment: Partial<BuildConfig> = {
     inlineCriticalCss: false,
     transferState: true,
     replaceRestUrl: true,
-    paths: [ '/home', '/items/', '/entities/', '/collections/', '/communities/', '/bitstream/', '/bitstreams/', '/handle/', '/reload/' ],
+    excludePathPatterns: [
+      {
+        pattern: '^/communities/[a-f0-9-]{36}/browse(/.*)?$',
+        flag: 'i',
+      },
+      {
+        pattern: '^/collections/[a-f0-9-]{36}/browse(/.*)?$',
+        flag: 'i',
+      },
+      { pattern: '^/browse/' },
+      { pattern: '^/search' },
+      { pattern: '^/community-list$' },
+      { pattern: '^/statistics/?' },
+      { pattern: '^/admin/' },
+      { pattern: '^/processes/?' },
+      { pattern: '^/notifications/' },
+      { pattern: '^/access-control/' },
+      { pattern: '^/health$' },
+    ],
     enableSearchComponent: false,
     enableBrowseComponent: false,
   },

src/environments/environment.test.ts

@@ -14,7 +14,25 @@ export const environment: BuildConfig = {
     inlineCriticalCss: false,
     transferState: true,
     replaceRestUrl: false,
-    paths: [ '/home', '/items/', '/entities/', '/collections/', '/communities/', '/bitstream/', '/bitstreams/', '/handle/', '/reload/' ],
+    excludePathPatterns: [
+      {
+        pattern: '^/communities/[a-f0-9-]{36}/browse(/.*)?$',
+        flag: 'i',
+      },
+      {
+        pattern: '^/collections/[a-f0-9-]{36}/browse(/.*)?$',
+        flag: 'i',
+      },
+      { pattern: '^/browse/' },
+      { pattern: '^/search' },
+      { pattern: '^/community-list$' },
+      { pattern: '^/statistics/?' },
+      { pattern: '^/admin/' },
+      { pattern: '^/processes/?' },
+      { pattern: '^/notifications/' },
+      { pattern: '^/access-control/' },
+      { pattern: '^/health$' },
+    ],
     enableSearchComponent: false,
     enableBrowseComponent: false,
   },

src/environments/environment.ts

@@ -15,7 +15,25 @@ export const environment: Partial<BuildConfig> = {
     inlineCriticalCss: false,
     transferState: true,
     replaceRestUrl: false,
-    paths: [ '/home', '/items/', '/entities/', '/collections/', '/communities/', '/bitstream/', '/bitstreams/', '/handle/', '/reload/' ],
+    excludePathPatterns: [
+      {
+        pattern: '^/communities/[a-f0-9-]{36}/browse(/.*)?$',
+        flag: 'i',
+      },
+      {
+        pattern: '^/collections/[a-f0-9-]{36}/browse(/.*)?$',
+        flag: 'i',
+      },
+      { pattern: '^/browse/' },
+      { pattern: '^/search' },
+      { pattern: '^/community-list$' },
+      { pattern: '^/statistics/?' },
+      { pattern: '^/admin/' },
+      { pattern: '^/processes/?' },
+      { pattern: '^/notifications/' },
+      { pattern: '^/access-control/' },
+      { pattern: '^/health$' },
+    ],
     enableSearchComponent: false,
     enableBrowseComponent: false,
   },