Locally, my node.js with express app works as expected. When I push to Heroku, the app is able to load some stylesheets and javascripts, but not others. Here is the relevant snippet from app.js:
app.configure(function(){
app.set('views', __dirname + '/views');
app.set('view engine', 'jade');
app.use(express.bodyParser());
app.use(express.methodOverride());
app.use(app.router);
app.use(express.static(__dirname + '/public'));
});
Here are the assets that I'm loading from my jade templates:
link(href='/stylesheets/style.css', rel='stylesheet')
link(href='/lib/bootstrap/docs/assets/css/bootstrap.css', rel='stylesheet')
link(href='/lib/bootstrap/docs/assets/css/bootstrap-responsive.css', rel='stylesheet')
script(src='/lib/jquery/jquery-1.7.2.js')
script(src='/lib/bootstrap/docs/assets/js/bootstrap-collapse.js')
Everything works locally, but when I push to Heroku, the style.css file and the jquery file are loaded fine. The bootstrap files return a 404.
I'm baffled why this would work locally but would break, and in parts, on Heroku.
Check that the files are really present
Check if your static files are being served by node or the web server e.g. nginx. It is possible the web server is misconfigured to serve static files and is not looking in /lib/bootstrap/
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I have folder structure like
--project
----public
------flowplayer
----views
I want to access files inside js folder from the ejs file inside views. I tried like this but did not work
app.use(express.static(path.join(__dirname, 'public')));
app.set('views', path.join(__dirname, 'views'));
app.set('view engine', 'ejs');
From EJS I am accessing file like this
<script type="text/javascript" src="../public/flowplayer/flowplayer-3.2.13.min.js"></script>
But I am getting error like
http://localhost:3000/connect/125468/test/48B1527B237BB/flowplayer/flowplayer-3.2.13.min.js
Thanks
I was able to solve this by giving the path for the required js file in ejs as '/flowplayer/flowplayer-3.2.13.min.js' instead of '../public/flowplayer/flowplayer-3.2.13.min.js'
I have my code locally working well, but when I pull my code on my digitalocean web server, my code doesn't work like locally.
app.configure(function(){
app.use(express.bodyParser());
app.use(express.static(__dirname + '/dynamicApp'));
app.use(express.static(__dirname + '/staticApp'));
});
When I try to access content in /staticApp it works locally, but it doesn't on my digital ocean server. Content in the /dynamicApp work properly.
Both environment have the same node.js version (0.10.17), I have loaded with Vim my server files, and they are the same. I have done ls in all folders, and the structure is the same. I tried in incognito mode in Chrome to see if it were caching issues, and the issue is still there.
Anyone has a clue why this could happen ?
try setting the paths that serve the static content like:
app.configure(function(){
app.use(express.bodyParser());
app.use('/dynamicApp', express.static(__dirname + '/dynamicApp'));
app.use('/staticApp', express.static(__dirname + '/staticApp'));
});
express 4.x , like this:
app.use('/public', express.static(__dirname+'/public'));
app.use('/data', express.static(__dirname+'/data'));
New to node, and have it running pulling in an HTML page using Express and EJS
app.set('views', __dirname + '/views');
app.engine('html', require('ejs').renderFile);
//load up index file
app.get('/', function(req, res){
res.render('index.html');
});
However the HTML includes some relative path JS scripts
<html>
....more...
<script src="js/libs/jquery.js"></script>
<script src="js/libs/underscore.js"></script>
<script src="js/libs/backbone.js"></script>
If i run my HTML page via my original "localhost/myProject" it all works fine. However if i launch my file via Node which is set to "localhost:8080"
app.server.listen(8080);
Then it no longer finds the "/js" directory. Is there some sort of configuration that I am missing, or should i go about this another way?
Update:
Just found this
app.use(express.static( __dirname + '/public' ));
might be what I am looking for, although i need to do some refactoring
you should configure express to server static files, for example, put all the static files under a directory called 'public'
app.configure(function () {
app.use(express.cookieParser());
app.use(express.bodyParser());
app.use('/public', express.static(__dirname + '/public'));
app.use(app.router);
});
then in your html:
<script src="/public/js/libs/jquery.js"></script>
I have a directory like this
/Workspace
/app
app.js
/lib
/public
/styles
*.css
/scripts
*.js
/views
*.jade
from app.js in app, I have the following code:
libPath = __dirname + '/../lib'
... express stuff ...
app.configure(function() {
app.set('view', libPath + '/views')
... express stuff ...
app.use(express.static(libPath + '/public'))
... rest of the app ...
Now, the problem is that Jade can't find any of the views, but all the static assets are found. Thus, app.set('view') isn't working, but express.static is. If I copy the views directory to app, using __dirname + '/views' works fine. Anyone know why this is happening?
doing app.get('view'), I get a directory like this: /Users/jong/Workspace/app/../lib/views. I tried doing the absolute route /Users/jong/Workspace/lib/views as well to no avail. It's just weird that this directory works for static assets but not templates.
You have a mistype, the correct option name is views, not view.
Configure your application like
app.set('views', __dirname + '/views');
app.set('view engine', 'jade');
app.set('view options', { layout: true });
But the main root of issue is that you seem to misunderstand how express (and the MVC at all) works.
express sends out the static data to the browser, using your express.static configure directive, once the request url matches the existing static file path.
Otherwise, it tries to find any defined route for the requested path and to execute the associated controller (which may or may not use the template engine in turn).
So, in order to show e.g. the index page (even if it has no parameters), given you have an index.js in your views folder, you have to do something like
app.get('/', function (req, res, next) {
res.render('index', {});
});
I have a nodejs app and am using expressjs. I've defined my static directory, but when I access it, it doesn't load. My express config is:
var app = express.createServer().listen(8001);
app.configure(function(){
app.use(express.methodOverride());
app.use(express.bodyParser());
app.use(app.router);
app.use('/public', express.static(__dirname + '/public'));
app.use(express.cookieParser());
app.use(express.session({ secret: "appsession" }));
app.use(express.errorHandler({showStack: true, dumpExceptions: true}));
app.set('views', __dirname + '/views');
app.set('view engine', 'hbs');
});
Inside my /public directory I have 3 folders, css, js, and img. Inside css I have a style.css. When I try to access it directly via http://localhost:8001/public/css/style.css I get: Cannot GET /public/css/style.css
Any ideas what I could be doing wrong?
Thanks!
EDIT:
It seems to be related to how I have my routes setup. I'm doing it like this:
var routes = require('./routes')(db);
pp.get('/', routes.index);
Then in my index.js file, I have:
module.exports = function(db) {
return {
index: function(req, res, next) {
res.render('index');
}
}
}
I have my error handling enabled, but when I use the routing in this way, it doesn't use expresses error handling, however if I take this out, it does.
You setup the static http middleware as follows:
app.use(express.static(__dirname + '/public'));
And retrieve a file in ./public/css/style.css with the url:
"/css/style.css"
public is not part of the path when you actually request the file.
Change your static handler to this:
app.use('/public/css', express.static(__dirname + '/public/css'));
Then http://localhost:8001/public/css/style.css should get what you want
Full sample app that allows curl http://localhost:8001/public/css/style.css:
app.js
|-public
|-css
|-style.css
var express = require("express"),
app = express.createServer();
app.use('/public/css', express.static(__dirname + '/public/css'));
app.listen(8001);
Was running into the same issue found the answer here
https://github.com/senchalabs/connect/issues/298
When you have try to use nested files it kinda get lost,
it says fixed on the tracker a year ago, however i tried today and worked fine
I figured it out.
I have two services running on my host. Django is running the site at the root: http://myURL.com, and then Node is running at http://myURL.com/node
The configuration is fine with all the files in Node. The index.html file is requested fine, but the index.html when it requests the stylesheets and static files, the request gets caught by Django before it makes it to Node. Django saw the file and had no idea what it is and returned the 404 error.
By disabling Django from catching the requests to those files it all works fine.