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Msencenb
Msencenb

Reputation: 5104

Express.js assets not found

I have an express server:

//setup Dependencies
var connect = require('connect')
    , express = require('express')
    , port = (process.env.PORT || 8081);

//DB Setup removed for brevity

var server = express.createServer();
server.configure(function(){
    server.set('views', __dirname + '/views');
    server.set('view engine', 'jade')
    server.set('view options', { layout: false });
    server.use(connect.bodyParser());
    server.use(server.router);
    server.use(express.static(__dirname + '/public'));
});

And the home page view:

server.get('/', function(req,res){
  res.render('index');
});

Where my folder structure is:

server.js
/views/index.jade
/public/stylesheets/bootstrap.min.css
/public/javascripts/bootstrap.js

However when I try to hit /stylesheets/bootstrap.min.css or /public/stylesheets/bootstrap.min.css I get a 404. Form the examples I can find in the express.js github repo I think I'm setting things up correctly... but I'm clearly missing something.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 925

Answers (1)

jmingov
jmingov

Reputation: 14013

i get it working whith these conf:

server.use(express.static(__dirname + 'public'));  ---> remove the "/"

and in your <head> request the files like these:

<link rel="stylesheet" href="/stylesheets/bootstrap.min.css">

the full url should be http://example.com/stylesheets/bootstrap.min.css

Upvotes: 1

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