Node.js server “404 not found” message to 404.html page

Question

Im working with node.js and I would like to know how to display a 404.html instead of a \"404 Not Found\" message.

This is my server.js:

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Answer 1

H i ,

within your 404 case

  response.writeHead(404, {"Content-Type": "text/plain"});
  response.write("404 Not Found\n");
  response.end();

You can change to

  response.writeHead(404, {"Content-Type": "text/html"});
  response.write(HTMLDATA);
  response.end();

'HTMLDATA' being either a string of HTML or a reference to a file you have gathered.

response.writeHead() is always set before the response.write().

Also see we have set the response type to 'text/html'

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http://nodejs.org/api/http.html#http_class_http_serverresponse