Static html application in Heroku

Question

I am wondering if there is a way to deploy a static html application to heroku without disguising it as a php application.

I have it working using the following answer. Is it possible to upload a simple html and javascript file structure to heroku?

However I find it odd that you can't just send up a straight html application. Especially since it's a common use case to just have a simple html app act as a shell for SPAs

Anyone know of a way to do this. I get the error Heroku push rejected, no Cedar-supported app detected if I try without the php disguise trick...

Answer 1

The way I have done this is just by using the node.js build.

Just throw this in the index.js and put all your files in the /public folder under your main app folder.

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

app.set('port', (process.env.PORT || 5000));
app.use(express.static(__dirname + '/public'));

app.listen(app.get('port'), function() {
  console.log("Node app is running at localhost:" + app.get('port'))
});

Make a Procfile with

web: node index.js

And make a basic Package file which can be done w/ npm

I have an angularjs site running with that with all my dependencies in /public