How to remove the preference for index.html in nodejs?

Question

In my public folder I have the index.html file and my route handler is like this

 router.get('/', function (req, res, next) {
   // res.send('index.html');
    if (req.user)
        res.redirect('home');
    else
        res.redirect('login');
 });

As you can see , I have commented out the serving of index.html file , but nodejs still serves the index.html from the public directory instead of redirecting to home or login. But if I remove/rename the index.html file then it works fine.

So How can I configure nodejs so that it invokes the route handler , not the serve index file on request ?

Jonathan Lonowski · Accepted Answer · 2016-04-03 06:54:01Z

6

The express.static() middleware includes an index option that allows you to change the default file name.

Or, for your intentions, to disable the feature entirely:

app.use(express.static(path.join(__dirname, 'public'), {
    index: false
}));

answered Apr 3, 2016 at 6:54

Jonathan Lonowski

124k35 gold badges203 silver badges202 bronze badges

Sign up to request clarification or add additional context in comments.

Comments

Tamim Addari · Accepted Answer · 2016-04-03 06:29:04Z

4

This is due to ordering of the app.use , previously it was

app.use(express.static(path.join(__dirname, 'public')));
app.use('/', index);

changing this to

app.use('/', index);
app.use(express.static(path.join(__dirname, 'public')));

Solves the problem.

answered Apr 3, 2016 at 6:29

Tamim Addari

7,86112 gold badges45 silver badges60 bronze badges

1 Comment

Ayyash Over a year ago

yeah i guess this is more like it, index: false on root, did not seem to work for me

Collectives™ on Stack Overflow

How to remove the preference for index.html in nodejs?

2 Answers 2

Comments

1 Comment

Your Answer

Hot Network Questions

Collectives™ on Stack Overflow

2 Answers 2

Comments

1 Comment

Your Answer

Sign up or log in

Post as a guest

Related