how to prevent render index.html file

[late pike]

I'm looking for a way to generarte a text file from *.astro tempalte. Which mean, /pages/path/abc.astro will return /path (not /path/index.html). Is it possbile to do that without endpoint

[stone fulcrum]

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To generate a text file from an Astro template without creating an index.html file, you can use Astro's build.format configuration option. However, it's important to note that this approach will affect all pages in your project, not just a specific route.

Here's how you can configure Astro to generate files without the index.html:

1. In your astro.config.mjs file, set the build.format option to 'file':

import { defineConfig } from 'astro/config';

export default defineConfig({
  build: {
    format: 'file'
  }
});

This configuration will generate page.html instead of page/index.html during the build process, as described in the Build Options documentation.

However, this approach has some limitations:

1. It affects all pages in your project, not just a specific route.
2. It still generates HTML files, not text files.

If you specifically need to generate a text file from an Astro template without using an endpoint, there isn't a built-in way to do this in Astro. The framework is designed to generate HTML pages by default.

For generating non-HTML files from Astro templates, you would typically use an endpoint. If using an endpoint is not an option for your use case, you might need to consider a custom build step or a different tool that's more suited for generating text files from templates.

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