All Node.js/Express routes returning 404 on hosted server

Question

I recently began building an app with node.js. After some time I wanted to move it onto my hosting account to really test it.

First I installed nodejs from source. Then I changed nothing to the code except for Database login. When I ran it, there were no error. Excitedly I tried it out. To my dismay, I got a 404 for every single route I had programed.

For example:

router.route('/new')
.post(function(req, res){
    //My Route Code
});

app.use('/api', router);

Then I go to:

mywebsite.com/api/new

This returns a 404 Not Found Error from my apache server.

I would also like to note that I am using I am using Shared Hosting, and I have also thoroughly tested my code offline on my test server.

How can I fix it so that my code actually routes my request?

check the server url and port no where you are redirecting your domain — Shumi Gupta, Mar 29 '17 at 18:05
the nodejs is automatically A localhost server, on my hosted server and the port is 8080. — , Mar 29 '17 at 18:06
Are you POSTing something to the url or GETting your request? — Mike Cheel, Mar 29 '17 at 18:12
I have both methods, but I was testing a GET function. What I think it is, is that it just doesnt get passed through to express. I dont know why. — , Mar 29 '17 at 18:13
Why should it be passed through to Express? How have you configured Apache so that it does? — Quentin, Mar 29 '17 at 18:47

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 29 '17 at 18:46

It seems that it's not a problem with your Node app but with your Apache configuration.

If it is Express that is giving you 404 then you should see a 404 response with this in the body as plain text:

Cannot GET /api/new

This is a standard Express message. If you don't see it then it is not Express that's giving you that answer but something else along the way - likely Apache.

Make sure that your Apache is correctly configured as a reverse proxy for that host name and port that you try to access from your browser, and that it passes the requests to the correct host and port where your Node app can be accessed.

See those tutorials:

No I get a 404 Not Found, not the standard Express error. Its not getting to express i dont think — , Mar 29 '17 at 19:00

score 0 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:17

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sudo service apache2 remove
node app.js

If you need node on apache then see this documentation
Apache and Node.js on the Same Server

edited May 23 '17 at 12:17

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