nodejs equivalent of this .htaccess - node.js

Question

Is it possible to build a code like this in node.js?
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
     RewriteEngine on
     RewriteCond% {REQUEST_URI}! / (View) / [NC]
     RewriteCond% {REQUEST_FILENAME}!-F
     RewriteRule ^ (. *) $ Index.html [L, QSA]
</IfModule>
url display a route is not "view" and also the file does not exist then write index.html.
using something like express or connect
UPDATE: I need a regular expression for !/(view)/ in route for express in node.js.

Answer 1

Have you tried:
Serve statics
Catch /view URL
Catch everything else
app.configure(function(){
app.use(express.static(__dirname+'/public')); // Catch static files
app.use(app.routes);
});
// Catch /view and do whatever you like
app.all('/view', function(req, res) {
});
// Catch everything else and redirect to /index.html
// Of course you could send the file's content with fs.readFile to avoid
// using redirects
app.all('*', function(req, res) {
res.redirect('/index.html');
});
OR
Serve statics
Check if URL is /view
app.configure(function(){
app.use(express.static(__dirname+'/public')); // Catch static files
app.use(function(req, res, next) {
if (req.url == '/view') {
next();
} else {
res.redirect('/index.html');
}
});
});
OR
Catch statics as usual
Catch NOT /view
app.configure(function(){
app.use(express.static(__dirname+'/public')); // Catch static files
app.use(app.routes);
});
app.get(/^(?!\/view$).*$/, function(req, res) {
res.redirect('/index.html');
});

Answer 2

The final structure is:
var express = require('express'), url = require('url');
var app = express();
app.use(function(req, res, next) {
console.log('%s %s', req.method, req.url);
next();
});
app.configure(function() {
var pub_dir = __dirname + '/public';
app.set('port', process.env.PORT || 8080);
app.engine('.html', require('ejs').__express);
app.set('views', __dirname + '/views');
app.set('view engine', 'html');
app.use(express.bodyParser());
app.use(express.methodOverride());
app.use(express.cookieParser());
app.use(express.static(pub_dir));
app.use(app.router);
});
app.get('/*', function(req, res) {
if (req.xhr) {
var pathname = url.parse(req.url).pathname;
res.sendfile('index.html', {root: __dirname + '/public' + pathname});
} else {
res.render('index');
}
});
app.listen(app.get('port'));
Thanks everyone.
PD: Render html with module ejs

Answer 3

I would recommend using the express Middleware urlrewrite.
If you don't handle rewrites on a reverse proxy for example and if using express and want regex support for flexibility use: https://www.npmjs.com/package/express-urlrewrite