URL Rewriting with ExpressJS

Question

I would like to rewrite my URLs on my ExpressJS website. I\'ve used this plugin, https://github.com/joehewitt/express-rewrite, but it doesn\'t work...

However, I mig

Answer 1

A solution that works without response.sendfile(..) is to use a rewrite middleware that is inserted prior to app.use(express.static(..)) like this:

// forward all requests to /s/* to /index.html

app.use(function(req, res, next) {

  if (/\/s\/[^\/]+/.test(req.url)) {
    req.url = '/index.html';
  }

  next();
});

// insert express.static(...)

This way, expressjs properly recognizes the rewrite. The static middleware will then take care of serving the file.