Fix issue where preferredPath is incorrectly calculated (#233)

jupyterlab · Dec 28, 2021 · cce8b4e · cce8b4e
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commit cce8b4e
Showing 1 changed file with 5 additions and 3 deletions.
diff --git a/jupyterlab_server/handlers.py b/jupyterlab_server/handlers.py
@@ -83,10 +83,12 @@ def get_page_config(self):
 
         server_root = os.path.normpath(os.path.expanduser(server_root))
         try:
-            page_config['preferredDir'] = self.serverapp.preferred_dir
-            page_config['preferredPath'] = self.serverapp.preferred_dir.replace(server_root, "")
+            # Remove the server_root from pref dir
+            if self.serverapp.preferred_dir != server_root:
+                page_config['preferredPath'] = '/' + os.path.relpath(self.serverapp.preferred_dir, server_root)
+            else:
+                page_config['preferredPath'] = '/'
         except Exception:
-            page_config['preferredDir'] = server_root
             page_config['preferredPath'] = '/'
 
         self.application.store_id += 1