I am creating a nodejs/backbone application and wish to keep the directories for backend and frontend different. Here is my directory structure:
├── backend
│ ├── api
│ ├── file-uploads
│ └── ui
│ ├── assets
│ │ ├── css
│ │ ├── images
│ │ └── js
│ └── index.html
├── frontend
│ ├── assets
│ ├── index.html
│ └── modules
├── index.js
├── npm-debug.log
└── package.json
In the index.js file, i have the following code
app.use(express.static('/admin',__dirname + '/backend/ui/'));
app.use(express.static(__dirname + '/frontend/'));
Now the url / works fine and display the index.html file inside the /frontend directory but the url /admin doesn't work. I am expecting it to display the index.html file inside /backend/ui/ directory. Where I am going wrong here?
You'll want to pass the URL path, '/admin', to app.use([path], function) rather than express.static(root, [options]):
app.use('/admin', express.static(__dirname + '/backend/ui/'));
app.use(express.static(__dirname + '/frontend/'));
The middleware only expects a single path, so it's currently attempting to serve files from the /admin directory on your harddrive.