Update: Building start of login page, based on previous attempt.

main.py

@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 from fastapi import FastAPI
 from starlette.middleware.sessions import SessionMiddleware
+from starlette.staticfiles import StaticFiles
+from starlette.responses import HTMLResponse
 
 import models
 from database import engine
@@ -13,6 +15,9 @@ models.Base.metadata.create_all(bind=engine)
 
 app = FastAPI()
 
+# Mount the 'static' directory to serve files like login.html
+app.mount("/static", StaticFiles(directory="static"), name="static")
+
 # Add the authentication router
 app.include_router(auth.router)
 
@@ -21,5 +26,6 @@ app.include_router(auth.router)
 app.add_middleware(SessionMiddleware, secret_key=settings.ENCRYPTION_KEY)
 
 @app.get("/")
-async def read_root():
-    return {"message": "MultiChatOverlay API"}
+async def read_root() -> HTMLResponse:
+    with open("static/login.html") as f:
+        return HTMLResponse(content=f.read(), status_code=200)