Node.js: GET Request returns 404 Not Found

Question

Was working on creating a REST API using Node.js and Express. The server starts at localhost:xxxx but localhost:xxxx/bits returns a 404 Not Found error.

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

app.get('/bits', function(req, res) {
    console.log("Bits called");
});

app.get('/bits/:id', function(req, res) {
    console.log("Bits ID called");
});

app.listen(xxxx);
console.log('Listening on port xxxx.');

Help?

Answer 1

I just ran your code but with replacing xxxx with a port number. It worked fine for me.

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

app.get('/bits', function(req, res) {
    res.send([{name:'bit1'}, {name:'bit2'}]);
});

app.get('/bits/:id', function(req, res) {
    res.send({id:req.params.id, name: "The Name", description: "description"});
});

app.listen(8080);
console.log('Listening on port 8080.');

I ran the some curl commands as well to show it working.

[09:24 AM] jsloyer@Jeffs-MacBook-Pro [Downloads]>curl http://127.0.0.1:8080/bits
[{"name":"bit1"},{"name":"bit2"}]
[09:25 AM] jsloyer@Jeffs-MacBook-Pro [Downloads]>curl http://127.0.0.1:8080/bits/1
{"id":"1","name":"The Name","description":"description"}
[09:25 AM] jsloyer@Jeffs-MacBook-Pro [Downloads]>

Additionally here is a whole Node.js git project including the source for it.

You can click the button below to deploy it as well to see it in action.