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Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory, stat '/public/main.html' at Error (native)

This is my server.js file:

var express = require('express'),
    app = express();  
app 
    .use(express.static('./public'))
    .get('*',function (req,res) {
        res.sendfile('/public/main.html');
        })
 .listen(3000);

This is my main.html:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
    <head>
        <titel>Contacts</titel>
    <base href'/'> 
    </head>
    <body>
        <div class="container">
         <div class="page-header">
             <h1>Contatcs</h1>
         </div>
        </div> 
    </body>
</html>

And the folder structure:

Solution

  • Since both the server and the index file are INSIDE the "public" directory, you can simply use :

    res.sendfile('./main.html');

    To answer the question in the comments : In Express 4.x, the sendfile method was replaced by the sendFile method (all lowercase -> camelCase). Probably just an oversight in early versions, that got fixed in the latter.