CODEWITHSUNDEEP
javascriptnode.jsexpressfilepath
Alex Bollbach
Alex Bollbach

Reputation: 4570

sendFile not a function in express-based Node app?

I have the following code in server.js (where app is an express instance), that is supposed to return a file index.html which is located in the same directory as server.js.

app.get('/', function (req, res) {
    var indexPath = path.resolve('index.html');
    res.sendFile(indexPath);
});

I log out indexPath and it is the correct path to my html file. Yet I get the following error

TypeError: res.sendFile is not a function

and call trace:

at Object.handle (/Users/alexanderbollbach/Desktop/ABApp/server.js:54:9)
at next_layer (/Users/alexanderbollbach/Desktop/ABApp/node_modules/express/lib/router/route.js:103:13)
at Route.dispatch (/Users/alexanderbollbach/Desktop/ABApp/node_modules/express/lib/router/route.js:107:5)
at /Users/alexanderbollbach/Desktop/ABApp/node_modules/express/lib/router/index.js:195:24
at Function.proto.process_params (/Users/alexanderbollbach/Desktop/ABApp/node_modules/express/lib/router/index.js:251:12)
at next (/Users/alexanderbollbach/Desktop/ABApp/node_modules/express/lib/router/index.js:189:19)
at Layer.jsonParser [as handle] (/Users/alexanderbollbach/Desktop/ABApp/node_modules/body-parser/index.js:31:38)
at trim_prefix (/Users/alexanderbollbach/Desktop/ABApp/node_modules/express/lib/router/index.js:226:17)
at /Users/alexanderbollbach/Desktop/ABApp/node_modules/express/lib/router/index.js:198:9
at Function.proto.process_params (/Users/alexanderbollbach/Desktop/ABApp/node_modules/express/lib/router/index.js:251:12)

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1481

Answers (1)

Hage Yaapa
Hage Yaapa

Reputation: 521

In older versions of Express, the method used to be senfile, not sendFile.

Update to Express 4.14, you will be able to use sendFile. 4.14 is also a security update, so it is highly recommended.

You can add this in your package.json file: "express": "^4.14.0".

Upvotes: 2

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