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Loourr
Loourr

Reputation: 5125

Serving static content on a POST using express.js

I'm trying to serve static content for a facebook app using express.js

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

This works on a GET however on a POST I get a 404 saying Cannot POST /

curl -X POST localhost:3001
Cannot POST /

How can I get around this?

Based on zerkms's answer I came up with this hack, which I imagine is quite bad practice. 

app.post('/', function(req, res, next){

    try {
        if(req.url === '/'){
            req.method = 'GET'  
        }
    } catch(err){
        res.send(500, err)
        res.end()
    }
    next()
});

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

This works but I'd still like a better solution if anyone has one.

Upvotes: 3

Views: 692

Answers (1)

zerkms
zerkms

Reputation: 254944

It only serves GET or HEAD requests.

See https://github.com/expressjs/serve-static/blob/master/index.js#L51

if ('GET' != req.method && 'HEAD' != req.method) return next();

Upvotes: 2

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