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Example app.js to run react-router on a Node and Express web server
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| // This application uses express as its web server | |
| // for more info, see: http://expressjs.com | |
| var express = require('express'); | |
| const path = require('path') | |
| // create a new express server | |
| var app = express(); | |
| // serve the files out of ./public as our main files | |
| app.use(express.static(__dirname + '/public')); | |
| // This tells Express to send every request we get through index.html, | |
| // allowing react-router to handle it | |
| app.get('*', function (request, response){ | |
| response.sendFile(path.resolve(__dirname, 'public', 'index.html')) | |
| }); | |
| // start server on the specified port and binding host | |
| app.listen(appEnv.port, '0.0.0.0', function() { | |
| // print a message when the server starts listening | |
| console.log("server starting on " + appEnv.url); | |
| }); |
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