nodejs send html file to client

Question

I use this function to send html file to client  but in client I get nothing  blank page  without error  Something I wrong   please help   var express   require  express     var fs   require  fs    var app   express    app set  view engine    jade    app engine  jade   require  jade     express        app get   test   function req  res                fs readFile   dirname     views test html    utf8   function err  text                   res send text                   var port   process env PORT    80  var server   app listen port   console log  Express app started on port     port     My test html file   lt  DOCTYPE html gt   lt html gt      lt head gt         lt meta http-equiv  Content-Type  content  text html  charset UTF-8  gt         lt style something here  lt  style gt         lt title gt Test lt  title gt         lt script src       gt  lt  script gt      lt  head gt   lt body gt       lt div gt  Somthing here  lt  div gt        lt script type  text javascript  gt            something here      lt  script gt   lt  body gt  lt  html gt

User · Answer

you can render the page in express more easily


 var app   = require('express')();    
    app.set('views', path.join(__dirname, 'views'));
    app.set('view engine', 'jade');
 
    app.get('/signup',function(req,res){      
    res.sendFile(path.join(__dirname,'/signup.html'));
    });

so if u request like http://127.0.0.1:8080/signup that it will render signup.html page under views folder.

User · Answer

Try your code like this   var app   express    app get   test   function req  res        res sendFile  views test html    root    dirname           Use res sendFile instead of reading the file manually so express can handle setting the content-type properly for you  You don t need the app engine line  as that is handled internally by express

User · Answer

After years  I want to add another approach by using a view engine in Express js  var fs   require  fs     app get   test   function req  res  next        var html   fs readFileSync    html test html    utf8       res render  test     html  html           or res send html       Then  do that in your views test if you choose res render method at the above code  I m writing in EJS format     lt  - locals html   gt    That s all   In this way  you don t need to break your View Engine arrangements

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