How can I get Express.js to 404 only on missing routes?

Question

At the moment I have the following which sits below all my other routes:

app.get(\'*\', function(req, res){
  console.log(\'404ing\');
  res.render(\'404\');         


        

Answer 1

I wanted a catch all that would render my 404 page only on missing routes and found it here in the error handling docs https://expressjs.com/en/guide/error-handling.html

app.use(function (err, req, res, next) {
  console.error(err.stack)
  res.status(404).render('404.ejs')
})

This worked for me.