NodeJS w Express Error Cannot GET

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This is what i have  the filename  default htm  actually exists and loads when doing a readFile with NodeJS   var express   require  express    var app   express     app use express static   dirname     default htm      app listen process env PORT     The Error  in browser    Cannot GET

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I was facing the same problem as mentioned in the question. The following steps solved my problem.

I upgraded the nodejs package link with following steps

Clear NPM's cache:
```
npm cache clean -f
```
Install a little helper called 'n'
```
npm install -g n  
```

Then I went to node.js website, downloaded the latest node js package, installed it, and my problem was solved.

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I ve noticed that I forgot the  slash  in the beginning of the Route as below  and I was getting same error    Wrong    app get  api courses     req  res    gt              Correct      app get   api courses     req  res    gt

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You need to restart the process if app get not working  Press ctl c and then restart node app

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var path   require  path      Change  app use express static   dirname     default htm     to app use express static path join   dirname     default htm        Also  make sure you point it to the right path of you default html

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You need to define a root route   app get      function req  res         do something here        Oh and you cannot specify a file within the express static  It needs to be a directory  The app get         will be responsible to render that file accordingly  You can use express  render method  but your going to have to add some configuration options that will tell express where your views are  traditionally within the app views  folder

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Where is your get method for       Also you cant serve static html directly in Express First you need to configure it   app configure function      app set  port   process env PORT    3000       app set  view options    layout  false       This one does the trick for rendering static html   app engine  html   require  ejs   renderFile      app use app router          Now add your get method   app get      function req  res      res render  default htm

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In my case  the static content was already being served   app use       express static path join   dirname      pub index html           and everything in the app seemed to rely on that in some way   path dep is require  path     So  a  yes  it can be a file  and b  you can make a redirect   app get      function  req  res    res redirect   index html         Now anyone hitting   gets  index html which is served statically from    pub index html   Hope this helps someone else

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You need to add a return to the index html file  app use express static path join   dirname   build      app get      function req  res   res sendFile path join   dirname     build index html

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I found myself on this page as I was also receiving the Cannot GET  message  My circumstances differed as I was using express static   to target a folder  as has been offered in previous answers  and not a file as the OP was   What I discovered after some digging through Express  docs is that express static   defines its index file as index html  whereas my file was named index htm   To tie this to the OP s question  there are two options   1  Use the code suggested in other answers  app use express static   dirname      and then rename default htm file to index html  or  2  Add the index property when calling express static   to direct it to the desired index file   app use express static   dirname    index   default htm

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I had the same issue  Solved it by small changes like below   var express   require  express    var app   express    app use express static path join   dirname   public        Got help from here  ExpressJS Documentation - Serving static files

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You typically want to render templates like this   app get      function req  res     res render  index ejs          However you can also deliver static content - to do so use   app use express static   dirname     public       Now everything in the  public directory of your project will be delivered as static content at the root of your site e g  if you place default htm in the public folder if will be available by visiting  default htm  Take a look through the express API and Connect Static middleware docs for more info

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I had the same problem  so here s what I came up with  This is what my folder structure looked like when I ran node server js  app    index html   server js   After printing out the   dirname path  I realized that the   dirname path was where my server was running  app      So  the answer to your question is this   If your server js file is in the same folder as the files you are trying to render  then  app use express static   dirname     default htm       should actually be  app use express static   dirname        The only time you would want to use the original syntax that you had would be if you had a folder tree like so   app    index html server js   where index html is in the app  directory  whereas server js is in the root directory  i e  the same level as the app  directory    Overall  your code could look like   var express   require  express     var app   express     app use express static   dirname     app listen process env PORT

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