Dropwizard serving Static Assets on Root URL "/" and APIs on "/api/"

Configuration.java

public class ApplicationConfiguration extends Configuration implements AssetsBundleConfiguration {
    @Valid
    @NotNull
    @JsonProperty
    private AssetsConfiguration assets;
    
    @Override
    public AssetsConfiguration getAssets() {
        return assets;
    }
}
}

configuration.yml

server:
  rootPath: '/api/*'
assets:
  overrides:
    /: public/

DropwizardStaticAssetApplication.java

    @Override
    public void initialize( final Bootstrap<ApplicationConfiguration> bootstrap )
    {
        // root uri maps to static assetes stored in public/ folder. See yml configuration 
        bootstrap.addBundle( new ConfiguredAssetsBundle( "/assets/", "/", "templates/index.html" ) );
    }
    
    @Override
    public void run( final ApplicationConfiguration config, final Environment environment ) throws Exception
    {
        // DW 0.7.0 ONLY: use a different root  for APIs to avoid conflict with static asset bundle.
        // see https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/dropwizard-user/UaVcAYm0VlQ for more details
        environment.jersey().setUrlPattern( "/api/*" ); 
        // DW 0.8.0 the above no longer works. See https://groups.google.com/forum/#!msg/dropwizard-user/a_jNCLE7oXM/J4B-R_FlYcEJ
        // confight 'rootPath' in yml config instead.
    }