/** * Module dependencies. * source origin: https://github.com/expressjs/express/tree/master/examples/static-files */ var express = require("express"); var logger = require('morgan'); var path = require('path'); var app = express(); const product = require("./api/product"); // log requests app.use(logger('dev')); // express on its own has no notion // of a "file". The express.static() // middleware checks for a file matching // the `req.path` within the directory // that you pass it. In this case "GET /js/app.js" // will look for "./public/js/app.js". app.use(express.static(path.join(__dirname, 'public'))); // if you wanted to "prefix" you may use // the mounting feature of Connect, for example // "GET /static/js/app.js" instead of "GET /js/app.js". // The mount-path "/static" is simply removed before // passing control to the express.static() middleware, // thus it serves the file correctly by ignoring "/static" app.use('/static', express.static(path.join(__dirname, 'public'))); // if for some reason you want to serve files from // several directories, you can use express.static() // multiple times! Here we're passing "./public/css", // this will allow "GET /style.css" instead of "GET /css/style.css": app.use(express.static(path.join(__dirname, 'public', 'css'))); app.use(express.json({ extended: false })); app.use("/api/product", product); app.listen(3000); console.log('listening on port 3000'); console.log('try:'); console.log(' GET /index.html');