Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory index.html Node.js

Question

I have a problem when trying to redirect routes from node.js to react router.

 app.get('*', (req,res) => {
      res.sendFile(path.resolve(__dirname + '../client/build/index.html'));
    });html

My browser says:

Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory, stat '/home/node/app../client/build/index.html'

Btw, what __dirname does?

The path is missing a slash after app, before ../client. As for __dirname, Google it. — Jayce444
– Jayce444, Commented Jun 6, 2018 at 11:39

Piyush Jain · Accepted Answer · 2018-06-06 13:50:14Z

1

you should use something like this...

path.resolve(__dirname, '../', 'client/build/index.html')

**Like Explained here**
path.resolve('wwwroot', 'static_files/png/', '../gif/image.gif');
{
 if the current working directory is /home/myself/node,
 this returns '/home/myself/node/wwwroot/static_files/gif/image.gif'
}

answered Jun 6, 2018 at 13:50

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DeWy Sady Over a year ago

What if we are creating index.html on the fly using HTMLWebPack plugin? The file is basically on the server so I get same error unfortunately. How can I find the path of directory in terms of server?

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