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reByte
reByte

Reputation: 93

NodeJS: How to add routes afterwards (after middleware)

i'm currently working on a project with node.js. I stucked at a specific problem. After adding all routes with express (app.get("..", func)) I end up with a middleware that catches all requests and redirects to a 404-page.

The thing is now, when I add a route afterwards during server run, the middleware doesent care about the new route.

example:

app.get("/home", function(_, res) {
    res.send("home");
})

app.get("/faq", function(_, res) {
    res.send("faq");
})

app.use(function(_, res) {
    res.send("404");
});

// e.g. 10 min later..

app.get("/team", function(_, res) {
    res.send("team");
})

So i can access /home and /faq but after 10 min requesting the page /team, i am redirected to the 404 page.

Does anybody know a solution ? Im quite new to nodejs..

Upvotes: 0

Views: 257

Answers (1)

robertklep
robertklep

Reputation: 203304

Although adding routes dynamically doesn't sound like a good idea, here's a workaround: add an (empty) Router instance right before the 404 handler, and add the new routes to that router instead of to app:

let router = express.Router();
app.use(router);

app.use(function(_, res) {
    res.send("404");
});

// e.g. 10 min later..
router.get("/team", function(_, res) {
    res.send("team");
})

Upvotes: 0

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