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jics
jics

Reputation: 2215

nodejs equivalent of this .htaccess

Is it possible to build a code like this in node.js?

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
     RewriteEngine on

     RewriteCond% {REQUEST_URI}! / (View) / [NC]
     RewriteCond% {REQUEST_FILENAME}!-F
     RewriteRule ^ (. *) $ Index.html [L, QSA]

</IfModule>

url display a route is not "view" and also the file does not exist then write index.html.

using something like express or connect

UPDATE: I need a regular expression for !/(view)/ in route for express in node.js.

Upvotes: 23

Views: 56043

Answers (3)

Bojoer
Bojoer

Reputation: 948

I would recommend using the express Middleware urlrewrite.

If you don't handle rewrites on a reverse proxy for example and if using express and want regex support for flexibility use: https://www.npmjs.com/package/express-urlrewrite

Upvotes: 0

jics
jics

Reputation: 2215

The final structure is:

var express = require('express'), url = require('url');

var app = express();
app.use(function(req, res, next) {
    console.log('%s %s', req.method, req.url);
    next();
});
app.configure(function() {
    var pub_dir = __dirname + '/public';
    app.set('port', process.env.PORT || 8080);
    app.engine('.html', require('ejs').__express);
    app.set('views', __dirname + '/views');
    app.set('view engine', 'html');
    app.use(express.bodyParser());
    app.use(express.methodOverride());
    app.use(express.cookieParser());
    app.use(express.static(pub_dir));
    app.use(app.router);
});
app.get('/*', function(req, res) {
    if (req.xhr) {
        var pathname = url.parse(req.url).pathname;
        res.sendfile('index.html', {root: __dirname + '/public' + pathname});
    } else {
        res.render('index');
    }
});

app.listen(app.get('port'));

Thanks everyone. PD: Render html with module ejs

Upvotes: 6

sbstjn
sbstjn

Reputation: 2214

Have you tried:

  1. Serve statics
  2. Catch /view URL

  3. Catch everything else

    app.configure(function(){
  app.use(express.static(__dirname+'/public')); // Catch static files
  app.use(app.routes);
});

// Catch /view and do whatever you like
app.all('/view', function(req, res) {

});

// Catch everything else and redirect to /index.html
// Of course you could send the file's content with fs.readFile to avoid
// using redirects
app.all('*', function(req, res) { 
  res.redirect('/index.html'); 
});

OR

  1. Serve statics

  2. Check if URL is /view

    app.configure(function(){
  app.use(express.static(__dirname+'/public')); // Catch static files
  app.use(function(req, res, next) {
    if (req.url == '/view') {
      next();
    } else {
      res.redirect('/index.html');
    }
  });
});

OR

  1. Catch statics as usual

  2. Catch NOT /view

    app.configure(function(){
  app.use(express.static(__dirname+'/public')); // Catch static files
  app.use(app.routes);
});

app.get(/^(?!\/view$).*$/, function(req, res) {
  res.redirect('/index.html');
});

Upvotes: 20

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