When server.js receives a static path it does not recognize, it serves up

index.html instead. This is useful when a user reloads a page in the SPA --
server.js does not know this path, but by serving up the SPA again the SPA
knows how to handle that URL. This makes the app behave in a manner a user
expects when reloading a page.
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Marsell Kukuljevic 2021-04-26 22:32:35 +02:00
parent 2c61988074
commit 54b911bcd4

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@ -191,10 +191,25 @@ function main() {
server.head(API_RE, proxy);
// where to serve static content from
server.get(STATIC_RE, mod_restify.plugins.serveStatic({
let staticHandler = mod_restify.plugins.serveStatic({
directory: 'static',
default: 'index.html'
}));
});
server.get(STATIC_RE, function staticFunnel(req, res, next) {
staticHandler(req, res, function fileFound(err) {
// If we didn't find the requested static file, serve up the
// default (index.html) instead. This is useful when a user reloads
// some page in the SPA, since the path does not match anything the
// backend knows, but the SPA reloaded through index.html will know
// what to do with the original URL.
if (err && err.statusCode === 404) {
req.url = '/';
staticHandler(req, res, next);
} else {
next(err);
}
});
});
// enable HTTP server
server.listen(CONFIG.server.port, function listening() {