From cf1a248538960ac7794e34aa518f5c9044d2df76 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Joe Kaufeld <opensource@joekaufeld.com>
Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2025 22:18:33 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] =?UTF-8?q?=F0=9F=90=9B=20add=20flag=20for=20fixing=20rout?=
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---
 spiderweb/routes.py | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/spiderweb/routes.py b/spiderweb/routes.py
index 8286957..74f424c 100644
--- a/spiderweb/routes.py
+++ b/spiderweb/routes.py
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ class RoutesMixin:
     _error_routes: dict
     error_routes: dict[int, Callable]
     append_slash: bool
+    fix_route_starting_slash: bool
 
     def route(self, path, allowed_methods=None, name=None) -> Callable:
         """
@@ -134,7 +135,8 @@ class RoutesMixin:
             or allowed_methods
             or DEFAULT_ALLOWED_METHODS
         )
-
+        if not path.startswith("/") and self.fix_route_starting_slash:
+            path = "/" + path
         reverse_path = re.sub(r"<(.*?):(.*?)>", r"{\2}", path) if "<" in path else path
 
         def get_packet(func):