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Node Express JS in IIS with HttpPlatformHandler

I'm getting an error Cannot GET /nodetest/api/test when trying to connect to my node app using IIS with HttpPlatformHandler

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What I did is add my node app in IIS -> Default Website -> Add Application then use the link http://localhost/nodetest/api/test to try the app

app.js

const express = require('express')
const app = express()

const port = process.env.PORT || 3001;

app.get('/api/test', function(req, res){
    return res.status(200).send('First Server');
})

app.listen(port, () =>{
    console.log(`Server is listening to ${port}.....`);
})

web.config

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<configuration>
    <system.webServer>
        <handlers>
            <add name="httpPlatformHandler" path="*" verb="*" modules="httpPlatformHandler" resourceType="Unspecified" requireAccess="Script" />
        </handlers>
        <httpPlatform stdoutLogEnabled="true" stdoutLogFile=".\node.log" startupTimeLimit="20" processPath="C:\Program Files\nodejs\node.exe" arguments=".\app.js">
            <environmentVariables>
                <environmentVariable name="PORT" value="%HTTP_PLATFORM_PORT%" />
                <environmentVariable name="NODE_ENV" value="Production" />
            </environmentVariables>
        </httpPlatform>
    </system.webServer>
</configuration>

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Solution

  • If you change your app.js as below, then it should work

    const express = require('express')
const app = express()

const port = process.env.PORT || 3001;

app.get('/api/test', function(req, res){
    return res.status(200).send('First Server');
})

app.get('/nodetest/api/test', function(req, res){
    return res.status(200).send('as an IIS application');
})

app.listen(port, () =>{
    console.log(`Server is listening to ${port}.....`);
})