Serve static files with Express

Question

I'm trying to add a sitemap to a Express project with EJS set as it's engine.

The problem is my app does not allow a .html or .xml file to be in the path because of express.

I tried to set a public path but this crashed my app and seemed overly complicated:

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

How would I go about simply adding a route to allow a .xml render?

Thanks!

Answer 1

Ah figured it out with the help of:

In nodejs/express how to allow sitemap for crawler

I created the sitemap.xml file in the public folder of my project then used this route:

router.get("/sitemap.xml", function(req, res, next){
  res.sendFile(__dirname + '/public/sitemap.xml'); 
});