CODEWITHSUNDEEP
node.js
thebiglebowski11
thebiglebowski11

Reputation: 1461

Node JS not sending file with res.sendFile()

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My file structure is shown above, but I am unable to find the file with error: Undefined is not a function.

The app path is set, which I can get via a console.log: /Users/myname/Desktop/myproject/client

If I navigate to localhost:3000 for example, the page is rendered correctly. I can then click to navigate to localhost:3000/login and everything is still all good. But if I go directly to localhost:3000/login, i.e. the index page is never loaded, then this route: '/*' is hit and the undefined error occurs. No HTML is loaded.

I set the app path like so:

app.use(express.static(path.join(__dirname, '/client')));
    app.set('appPath', path.join(__dirname, '/client'));

I am using Express: "~4.0.0"

Upvotes: 4

Views: 1619

Answers (3)

Chris
Chris

Reputation: 243

You were close.

app.use(express.static(__dirname + '/client'));

Regards

Upvotes: 0

bluesman
bluesman

Reputation: 2260

http://expressjs.com/api.html#res.sendFile

res.sendFile() is supported from Express v4.8.0 onwards

Upvotes: 0

Selfish
Selfish

Reputation: 6200

Try to set the root for relative file path, this way:

app.set('base', __dirname);

and then:

app.use(express.static('client'));

Make sure not to include /client twice, so you don't get something like .../client/client... in your path.

Upvotes: 1

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