I have a React frontend app with nodejs express backend I have deployed on AWS EC2 instance. Currently it is only serving the html file but not loading the js file correctly (it works correctly locally). I've looked up on stackoverflow and found a similar issue but I was not able to fix it.
Here is my server.js file:
const express = require("express");
const cors = require("cors");
const path = require("path");
const bodyParser = require("body-parser");
const jwt = require("jsonwebtoken");
let app = express();
const mysql = require('mysql');
const port = process.env.PORT || 5000
process.env.SECRET_KEY = 'secret';
app.use(express.json());
app.use(express.urlencoded({ extended: false }));
if (process.env.NODE_ENV === "production") {
app.use(express.static("client/build"));
}
app.use(express.static(path.resolve(__dirname, './client/build')));
// some routes here
// app.get(“*”, (req, res) => {res.sendFile(path.resolve(__dirname, 'client', 'build', 'index.html'));});
app.listen(port, () => {
console.log("Server is running on port: " + port)
})
Here is my folder structure:
On "/" it looks up the html file from the build folder correctly but it was not able to locate the js files. How should I fix the issue? Thanks!
Edit index.html file, just the basic index.html from create-react-app template
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1, shrink-to-fit=no">
<meta name="theme-color" content="#000000">
<!--
manifest.json provides metadata used when your web app is added to the
homescreen on Android. See https://developers.google.com/web/fundamentals/engage-and-retain/web-app-manifest/
-->
<link rel="manifest" href="%PUBLIC_URL%/manifest.json" type='text/javascript'>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Roboto:300,400,500&display=swap" type='text/javascript' />
<!--
Notice the use of %PUBLIC_URL% in the tags above.
It will be replaced with the URL of the `public` folder during the build.
Only files inside the `public` folder can be referenced from the HTML.
i
Unlike "/favicon.ico" or "favicon.ico", "%PUBLIC_URL%/favicon.ico" will
work correctly both with client-side routing and a non-root public URL.
Learn how to configure a non-root public URL by running `npm run build`.
-->
<title>Recommender System</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/4.0.0/css/bootstrap.min.css" integrity="sha384-Gn5384xqQ1aoWXA+058RXPxPg6fy4IWvTNh0E263XmFcJlSAwiGgFAW/dAiS6JXm"
crossorigin="anonymous">
</head>
<body>
<noscript>
You need to enable JavaScript to run this app.
</noscript>
<div id="root"></div>
<script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-3.2.1.slim.min.js" integrity="sha384-KJ3o2DKtIkvYIK3UENzmM7KCkRr/rE9/Qpg6aAZGJwFDMVNA/GpGFF93hXpG5KkN"
crossorigin="anonymous"></script>
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/popper.js/1.12.9/umd/popper.min.js" integrity="sha384-ApNbgh9B+Y1QKtv3Rn7W3mgPxhU9K/ScQsAP7hUibX39j7fakFPskvXusvfa0b4Q"
crossorigin="anonymous"></script>
<script src="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/4.0.0/js/bootstrap.min.js" integrity="sha384-JZR6Spejh4U02d8jOt6vLEHfe/JQGiRRSQQxSfFWpi1MquVdAyjUar5+76PVCmYl"
crossorigin="anonymous"></script>
<!--
This HTML file is a template.
If you open it directly in the browser, you will see an empty page.
You can add webfonts, meta tags, or analytics to this file.
The build step will place the bundled scripts into the <body> tag.
To begin the development, run `npm start` or `yarn start`.
To create a production bundle, use `npm run build` or `yarn build`.
-->
</body>
</html>
