How to handle unknown routes in Express

Question

I am at a complete lost

app.js

app.use('/', userRoutes);
app.use('/adminID', adminRoutes);
app.all('*', (req, res, next) => {
next(new AppError(`Url Not Found ${req.originalUrl}`, 404));
}) const ErrorHandler = require('./ErrorHandler.js');
app.use(ErrorHandler);
module.exports = app;

Answer 1

I am not sure why it works. But removing next() in the function that makes the request. Solves the problem for me.

I was just reading today that, the next() doesn't have to be called. Manually, if there is an error it will get called by default.

exports.create = CatchAsync(async (req, res, next) => {
  console.log(req.originalUrl)
  const content = await ContentModel(req.body)
  res.send(content)
  await content.save()
    
  // notice how I'm not calling next()
  // before express 5, I believe you had to call next() so the next middleware would run. That is not the case now.
})

Happy Coding!