I am trying to server static files with express and them dont work, i think its express problem or something but i dont realize why it dont works. my folders look like this:

app.js public --css --js --images

and the code i trying to run like this:

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

if i do console.log of the path

console.log(path.join(__dirname, 'public'))

i get the next path C:\Users\J\Desktop\node.js\social-media-cars\public

and if i look at the path with the windows file explorer i see that the path is correct and i see the content inside, so i dont think its path fault

i also tryed :

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

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

and dont works, always the same things:

im desesparate with this, idk why this dont works.

code where i use it looks like this:

// Import the express module
const path = require('path');
const express = require("express");
// Instantiate an Express application
const app = express();
const dotenv = require("dotenv").config();
const ActionsRouter = require('./routers/actions-router');
const UserRouter = require('./routers/user-router');
const cookieparser = require('cookie-parser');

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

//set static files that are rendered after
app.use(express.static(path.join(__dirname,'public')));

//read the cookies from response
app.use(cookieparser(path.join(__dirname, '/public')));

console.log(path.join(__dirname, 'public'))
//create the req.body 
app.use(express.json());

//user
app.use("/api",UserRouter);
app.use("/useractions",ActionsRouter);


module.exports = app; 

const server = app.listen(port,()=>{
    console.log(`listening on port ${port}`)});

get the static files with every response i get

also i get this error

CodePudding user response：

1. Add this middleware in the index.js or app.js above you set view engine

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

2. Folder Structure

|__public/   
    |__ css/
        |__ css files...
    |__ js/
        |__ js files...

3. Import this way

Now you set the path to the public directory you have to give the path public folder when you import

<link rel="stylesheet" href="/css/main.css" />

In the same way, you can import your JS files

You should now be all set up to access CSS or js as well as any file in the public directory

CodePudding user response：

okey i found it, i was so lost because when i try to see the files that i got in each response on the browser, i was not getting any file, but only when i linked css and html it downloaded the static file, idk why this works like this, i supposed every of /public file was atached to the response you use it or not

<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/css/styles.css">

anyway if there is a way to get the file you request or not i would like to know