express js routing issue

Question

I wish to call my index.html page while using sendFile, but I ran into a problem. The problem is that it actually shows me the index.html although without any css and js\jquery effects.

server.js:

var express = require("express");
var app = express();

var server = app.listen(8000, function () {

var host = server.address().address;
var port = server.address().port;

console.log('Example app listening at http://%s:%s', host, port)

});
app.get('/', function (req, res) {
res.sendFile(__dirname + '/index.html')

});

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/10434001/static-files-with-express-js alskjdf — user3995789, Nov 28 '14 at 20:01
You have to define routing that supports your JS and CSS external files, probably using `express.static()`. — jfriend00, Nov 28 '14 at 22:21

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 28 '14 at 21:49

You need add this line to your code

app.use(express.static(__dirname + '/public')); // or another directory, it depends on where your static files are located

this is middleware to serve files from given directory, there is very good article about this middleware

express js routing issue

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