Express adds trailing slash

Question

I have tried several ways of serving up a static directory. Here is a simple way I am doing this.

var app = express();

app.all('*', express.static('./public'));

module.exports = app;

// run the server
http.createServer(app).listen(8080);

I have several other configurations like:

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

There is an index.html file in the public directory that gets served up fine. The only thing in the HTML file is a request for a JavaScript file. When that request gets made, express throws a 301 redirect, and adds a trailing slash.

Here is the HTML:

<script type="text/javascript" src="/dist/bundle.js"></script>

Here is the network request.

Any help is appreciated.

Answer 1

You can enable strict route mode and use a route middleware (https://stackoverflow.com/a/15773824/781251)

http://expressjs.com/en/api.html

const router = express.Router({ strict: true })

Answer 2

This means the asset can't be found. It renders a 404 response.