Setting up a new http server with Node.js

When you first launch it, it displays the proper html text on the screen but when you move to other links in my code ie: localhost:5001/about, it gives me an error in my IDE console

events.js:377
      throw er; // Unhandled 'error' event
      ^

Error [ERR_STREAM_WRITE_AFTER_END]: write after end
    at new NodeError (internal/errors.js:322:7)
    at writeAfterEnd (_http_outgoing.js:694:15)
    at ServerResponse.end (_http_outgoing.js:815:7)
    at Server.<anonymous> (/Users/angelo/Documents/coding/node/node-tutorial/app.js:11:7)
    at Server.emit (events.js:400:28)
    at parserOnIncoming (_http_server.js:900:12)
    at HTTPParser.parserOnHeadersComplete (_http_common.js:127:17)
Emitted 'error' event on ServerResponse instance at:
    at writeAfterEndNT (_http_outgoing.js:753:7)
    at processTicksAndRejections (internal/process/task_queues.js:83:21) {
  code: 'ERR_STREAM_WRITE_AFTER_END'
}
[nodemon] app crashed - waiting for file changes before starting...

app.js

const http = require('http');

const PORT = 5001;
const server = http.createServer((req, res) => {
  if(req.url === '/'){
    res.end('Home Page')
  }
  if(req.url === '/about'){
    res.end('About Page')
  }
  res.end('Error page')
})

server.listen(PORT, () => {
  console.log(`Server is listening on port: ${PORT}`)
})

I've been looking for answer for the 'write after end' error but have not seen this specific issue for this specific block of code

CodePudding user response：

As mentioned on the comments, this is due to res.end being called multiple times, the simplest solution for you would either to return after each res.end or adjust your conditions:

const http = require('http');

const PORT = 5001;
const server = http.createServer((req, res) => {
  if(req.url === '/'){
    res.end('Home Page')
  }
  else if(req.url === '/about'){
    res.end('About Page')
  }
  else {
    res.end('Error page')
  }
})

server.listen(PORT, () => {
  console.log(`Server is listening on port: ${PORT}`)
})