Browser-sync Cannot GET /

Question

I just installed browser-sync but when I try to start a server I get this error:

      terkea@terkea-Lenovo-G50-80:~$ browser-sync start --server --files index.html[Browsersync] Access URLs:

   Local: http://localhost:3000
External: http://192.168.1.3:3000
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      UI: http://localhost:3001
UI External: http://192.168.1.3:3001
------------------------------------

[Browsersync] Serving files from: ./ [Browsersync] Watching files...

Maybe someone could find what's wrong and help me please?

when i open the browser i get CANNOT GET/ instead of my index.php — Terchila Marian, Dec 10 '17 at 14:42
I don't get that, and please add the error to your question instead of commenting it — Nico Haase, Dec 10 '17 at 14:44
Yes, I did. But I do not get what you did to provoke the error. — Nico Haase, Dec 10 '17 at 14:46

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 15 '18 at 07:02

You probably need to pass an argument to --server which is the directory from which you want to serve the files from. Browser-sync uses your current working directory by default.

So for example, if you're starting browser-sync in the root directory of your project, and your index.html is in folder a/b/c/index.html, then the browser-sync command will be:

browser-sync start --server "a/b/c/" --files "index.html"

score 0 · Answer 2 · edited Jun 07 '18 at 20:51

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You must specify the folder in which your files are located. I use ubuntu 18.04 and it works. For example, if you want to open all files in directory /home/user/code you must write this command:

browser-sync start --server "/home/user/code/" --files "*.*"

edited Jun 07 '18 at 20:51

Harshal Yeole

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answered Jun 07 '18 at 19:55

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*UPD:* a small correction - works correctly only if you advance to the project's layout and start the program from there. example: `cd /home/user/code browser-sync start --server --files "*.*"` – Stepan K. Jun 22 '18 at 10:56

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Oct 25 '22 at 14:41

I just used browser-sync for the first time and experienced the same problem. I was expecting it to serve a directory listing like http-server does but that only happens if you add the --directory flag. Otherwise if you want it to open a specific file then specify it with --index.

browser-sync start --server --directory serves a directory listing
browser-sync start --server --index "test.html" serves test.html

Browser-sync Cannot GET /

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