Serve static file from /

Question

If I define

app.use('/*', express.static(path.join(__dirname, '../pub/index.html')));

Then it appears that I need to provide at least one character after / in my url to get index.html. If I define the route with just / , I get 404 for anything in the browser.

How do I get a default file served up with just / ?

Answer 1

You could use serve-static :

app.use(serveStatic(path.join(__dirname, '../pub'), {'index' ['index.html']}));

It should serve the index.html , which is located in ../pub , if you call eg localhost:3000 .