Serve an HTML file in node.js

Question

app.get('/',(req,res)=>{
 res.send("index.html ");});
app.listen(3000);
console.log("Server Started");

whenever i enter my local host IP address it displays "index.html" text instead of opening index.html file

Obvious when you look at the first example on express page: you are sending back the string index.html not the file. — Stefan Becker
– Stefan Becker, Commented Mar 19, 2019 at 10:02

jro · Accepted Answer · 2019-03-19 10:15:36Z

5

You are trying to serve an HTML file, so you have to res.sendFile().

var express = require('express');
var app = express();
var path = require('path');

app.get('/', function(req, res) {
    res.sendFile(path.join(__dirname + '/index.html'));
});

app.listen(3000);

edited Mar 19, 2019 at 10:15

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answered Mar 19, 2019 at 10:03

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arizafar Over a year ago

you dont need '/' when using path.join

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