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nbonbon
nbonbon

Reputation: 1757

Cannot GET /test.html when running Node.js server

I am beginning to read Pro AngularJS. In the section to setup the development environment it has me create a angularjs directory and put a test.html file into it. Outside of that folder I installed 'connect' and 'serve-static' for Node.js. I also created a server.js file. The contents are seen below:

var connect = require('connect');
var app = connect().use(connect.static('/angularjs'));
app.listen(5000);

When visiting the following URL http://localhost:5000/test.html all I see is the text "Cannot GET /test.html".

I have looked at this and this question here on SO. None of the solutions were helpful for me.

Upvotes: 8

Views: 7175

Answers (4)

Sunil Yadav
Sunil Yadav

Reputation: 63

instead of var app = connect().use(connect.static('/angularjs'));

use

var app = connect().use(connect.static('./angularjs'));

its worked for me

Upvotes: 0

Prakash Bayas
Prakash Bayas

Reputation: 1

Below worked out for me.

var connect=require('connect'),
    serveStatic=require('serve-static');

var path = require('path');
var server=connect();

server.use(serveStatic(path.resolve(__dirname, '..', 'angularjs')));

server.listen(5000);

Upvotes: -2

nbonbon
nbonbon

Reputation: 1757

The book didn't really do a good job of describing where to put server.js that I remember. So I had it one folder above the angularjs folder. Therefore, the '..' needed to be removed. I made the mistake of leaving in the '/' which caused my problems. Just as I figured ... a stupid small mistake (hardest to find).

Upvotes: 9

Hung Nguyen
Hung Nguyen

Reputation: 66

First, make sure your ../angularjs folder contains test.html file?

Then, you can try to resolve path 

var connect = require('connect');
var path = require('path');
var app = connect().use(connect.static(path.resolve(__dirname, '..', 'angularjs')));
app.listen(5000);

Upvotes: 1

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