Cannot GET with Connect on Node js

Question

I m trying to start serving some static web pages using connect like this   var connect   require  connect    var nowjs   require  now    var io   require  socket io      var app   connect createServer    connect static   dirname     public       app listen 8180     So I added a simple index html at the  public directory on the same directory as the app js file is  but when I try to view the page on my browser I get this response from node      Cannot GET     What I m doing wrong and how I can correct it

User · Answer

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.

User · Answer

The easiest way to serve static files is to use  harp   It can be found here  You can serve up your files from the location you want via node is   var harp   require  harp   harp server projectPath   args    callback     Hope this helps

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You may be here because you re reading the Apress PRO AngularJS book     As is described in a comment to this question by KnarfaLingus    START QUOTE   The connect module has been reorganized  do   npm install connect    and also   npm install serve-static   Afterward your server js can be written as   var connect   require  connect    var serveStatic   require  serve-static     var app   connect      app use serveStatic     angularjs       app listen 5000      END QUOTE   Although I do it  as the book suggests  in a more concise way like this   var connect   require  connect    var serveStatic   require  serve-static     connect   use      serveStatic     angularjs     listen 5000

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This code should work   var connect   require  connect     var app   connect createServer   use connect static   dirname     public      app listen 8180     Also in connect 2 0  createServer   method deprecated  Use connect   instead   var connect   require  connect     var app   connect   use connect static   dirname     public      app listen 8180

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The solution to  Cannot Get    can usually be determined if you do an  ng build  in the command line   You will find most often that one of your  imports  does not have the correct path

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You may also want to try st  a node module for serving static files  Setup is trivial   npm install connect  npm install st   And here s how my server-dev js file looks like   var connect   require  connect    var http   require  http    var st   require  st     var app   connect        use st  app dev      http createServer app  listen 8000     or  with cache disabled    var connect   require  connect    var http   require  http    var st   require  st     var app   connect     var mount   st     path   app dev     cache  false      http createServer function  req  res      if  mount req  res   return     listen 8000    app use mount

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

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var connect   require  connect    var serveStatic   require  serve-static    var app   connect     app use serveStatic     angularjs      default   angular min js     app listen 3000

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Had the same issue    It was resolved as described above     In my index js  var port   1338  express   require  express    app   express   use express static   dirname          http   require  http   Server app   io   require  socket io   http    app get      function req  res       res sendFile   dirname     index html         io on  connection   function socket       console log  a user connected         http listen port  function        console log  Node server listening on port     port         and in my index html   lt  doctype html gt   lt html gt       lt head gt           lt title gt              My page          lt  title gt       lt  head gt       lt body gt           lt script src    lib socket io js  gt  lt  script gt           lt script src    lib three js  gt  lt  script gt           lt script gt              var socket   io             lt  script gt       lt  body gt   lt  html gt    the three js was just in there for path testing   This will set all child files to start at the root directory of your app      Also  socket io js can be called automatically using  lt script src     socket io socket io js  gt  through some dark magic  since there is physically a node modules and lib directory in between

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You ll see the message Cannot GET   if you don t specify which page it is that you re trying to get  in other words if your URL is something like http   localhost 8180  Make sure you enter a page name  e g  http   localhost 8180 index html

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