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

config/config.example.yml

@@ -23,10 +23,17 @@ 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/' ]
+  # Regexes to be run 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, and statistics.
+  excludePathRegexes: [
+    /^\/communities\/[ 0-9a-f ]{ 8 }-[ 0-9a-f ]{ 4 }-[ 0-9a-f ]{ 4 }-[ 0-9a-f ]{ 4 }-[ 0-9a-f ]{ 12 }\/browse(\/.*)?$/i,
+    /^\/collections\/[ 0-9a-f ]{ 8 }-[ 0-9a-f ]{ 4 }-[ 0-9a-f ]{ 4 }-[ 0-9a-f ]{ 4 }-[ 0-9a-f ]{ 12 }\/browse(\/.*)?$/i,
+    /^\/browse\//,
+    /^\/search$/,
+    /^\/community-list$/,
+    /^\/statistics$/,
+  ]
   # 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

@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ 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.excludePathRegexes))) {
     // Render the page to user via SSR (server side rendering)
     serverSideRender(req, res, next);
   } else {
@@ -627,6 +627,16 @@ function start() {
   }
 }
 
+/**
+ * Check if SSR should be skipped for path
+ *
+ * @param path
+ * @param excludePathRegexes
+ */
+function isExcludedFromSsr(path: string, excludePathRegexes: RegExp[]): boolean {
+  return excludePathRegexes.some((regex) => regex.test(path));
+}
+
 /*
  * The callback function to serve health check requests
  */

src/config/ssr-config.interface.ts

@@ -39,9 +39,9 @@ export interface SSRConfig extends Config {
   replaceRestUrl: boolean;
 
   /**
-   * Paths to enable SSR for. Defaults to the home page and paths in the sitemap.
+   * Regexes to match url's path and check if SSR is disabled for it.
    */
-  paths: Array<string>;
+  excludePathRegexes:  RegExp[];
 
   /**
    * Whether to enable rendering of search component on SSR

src/environments/environment.production.ts

@@ -10,7 +10,14 @@ export const environment: Partial<BuildConfig> = {
     inlineCriticalCss: false,
     transferState: true,
     replaceRestUrl: true,
-    paths: [ '/home', '/items/', '/entities/', '/collections/', '/communities/', '/bitstream/', '/bitstreams/', '/handle/', '/reload/' ],
+    excludePathRegexes: [
+      /^\/communities\/[0-9a-f]{8}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{12}\/browse(\/.*)?$/i,
+      /^\/collections\/[0-9a-f]{8}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{12}\/browse(\/.*)?$/i,
+      /^\/browse\//,
+      /^\/search$/,
+      /^\/community-list$/,
+      /^\/statistics$/,
+    ],
     enableSearchComponent: false,
     enableBrowseComponent: false,
   },

src/environments/environment.test.ts

@@ -14,7 +14,14 @@ export const environment: BuildConfig = {
     inlineCriticalCss: false,
     transferState: true,
     replaceRestUrl: false,
-    paths: [ '/home', '/items/', '/entities/', '/collections/', '/communities/', '/bitstream/', '/bitstreams/', '/handle/', '/reload/' ],
+    excludePathRegexes: [
+      /^\/communities\/[0-9a-f]{8}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{12}\/browse(\/.*)?$/i,
+      /^\/collections\/[0-9a-f]{8}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{12}\/browse(\/.*)?$/i,
+      /^\/browse\//,
+      /^\/search$/,
+      /^\/community-list$/,
+      /^\/statistics$/,
+    ],
     enableSearchComponent: false,
     enableBrowseComponent: false,
   },

src/environments/environment.ts

@@ -15,7 +15,14 @@ export const environment: Partial<BuildConfig> = {
     inlineCriticalCss: false,
     transferState: true,
     replaceRestUrl: false,
-    paths: [ '/home', '/items/', '/entities/', '/collections/', '/communities/', '/bitstream/', '/bitstreams/', '/handle/', '/reload/' ],
+    excludePathRegexes: [
+      /^\/communities\/[0-9a-f]{8}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{12}\/browse(\/.*)?$/i,
+      /^\/collections\/[0-9a-f]{8}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{12}\/browse(\/.*)?$/i,
+      /^\/browse\//,
+      /^\/search$/,
+      /^\/community-list$/,
+      /^\/statistics$/,
+    ],
     enableSearchComponent: false,
     enableBrowseComponent: false,
   },