Express server doesn't start-CodePudding

When I run my node server, nothing happens and it doesn't show any errors:

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Node Server

const express = require('express')
const app = express()
const path = require('path')
// const router = require('./router')

app.use(express.static(path.join(__dirname, '../../dist/')))

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

app.get('*', (request, response) => {
  response.sendFile(path.join(__dirname, '../../dist/index.html'))
})

This is my folder hierarchy:

This is my folder hierarchy

CodePudding user response：

You have initialised the express server but you need to bind the connection to a port and then listen for requests.

Add the following to the entry point of your Node server:

var PORT = process.env.PORT || 3000;
app.listen(PORT, () => console.log(`Server running on PORT ${PORT}`));

CodePudding user response：

Maybe this helps:

const express = require('express')
const serveStatic = require('serve-static')
const path = require('path')

const app = express()

//here we are configuring dist to serve app files
app.use('/', serveStatic(path.join(__dirname, '/dist')))

// this * route is to serve project on different page routes except root `/`
app.get(/.*/, function (req, res) {
    res.sendFile(path.join(__dirname, '/dist/index.html'))
})

const port = process.env.PORT || 1111
app.listen(port)
console.log(`app is listening on port: ${port}`)