Showing HTML file in Node js Application - html

Question

I am new on Node.js and I have app.js file like:
const express = require('express');
const app = express();
const port = 8080;
app.get('/', (req, res) => res.send('Hello World'));
app.listen(port);
console.log(`App running on http://localhost:${port}`);
I also have index.html file in the same folder with app.js. Here there is a HTML5 website.
When I run the project I can see Hello World text in browser, How can I show this HTML file from my app.js so when I deploy it, it should show me responsive HTML file instead of Hello World?
I tried
app.get('/',function(req,res) {
res.sendFile('index.html');
});
But didn't see a difference.

Answer 1

To make your code example work you'll need to specify an absolute path, try using this:
res.sendFile(__dirname + "/index.html");
Another way would be to use EJS (https://ejs.co/)
In your example, you could do the following:
Install EJS:
npm install ejs
Set the View Engine to EJS:
app.set('view engine', 'ejs')
- Move your index.html file to a folder called "views" and also rename the file to index.ejs
views/index.ejs
In your app.get() handler, use:
res.render('index')
Final Result:
const express = require("express");
const app = express();
app.set("view engine", "ejs");
const port = 8080;
app.get("/", (req, res) => {
res.render("index");
});
app.listen(port, () => {
console.log(`App running on http://localhost:${port}`);
});
(note: I also moved your console.log to inside app.listen)

Answer 2

I found this on another stack overflow question, it should work
fs.readFile(__dirname + '/views/test.html', 'utf8', function(err, text){
res.send(text);
});