Node Express return 404 custom message

Question

I'm using NodeJS with Express and when an Endpoint is not found Express returns

I'd like to return a Custom 404 Message instead of the above image whenever an Endpoint is miss-typed.

I've tried adding the following to app.js

app.use(function (req, res, next) {
  res.status(404).send("Sorry can't find that!")
})

But this just returns ALL endpoints with

Sorry can't find that!

Alex · Accepted Answer · 2017-01-05 13:58:45Z

3

You need to make that this the last 'route' in app.js

app.use(function (req, res, next) {
  res.status(404).send("Sorry can't find that!")
})

The order your specify your routes is important.

answered Jan 5, 2017 at 13:58

Alex

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