I\'m using create-react-app with an express server.
create-react-app
has a pre-configured ServiceWorker that caches local assets (https://github.com/fac
I use nginx to serve react app and I resolved this issue adding mime types to nginx:
http {
include mime.types; // <--- this line
# another config details
}
Also you can find mime.types file here
In my case, for Vue I needed to generate the mockServiceWorker.js in the public directory using the command-line tool as described here:
https://mswjs.io/docs/getting-started/integrate/browser
This was not clear from the samples to me. Specifically the CLI command to run is:
npx msw init ./public
The script has an unsupported MIME type ('text/html'). Failed to load resource: net::ERR_INSECURE_RESPONSE (index):1 Uncaught (in promise) DOMException: Failed to register a ServiceWorker: The script has an unsupported MIME type ('text/html').
Code for template.js root file
export default ({ markup, css }) => {
return `<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
<title>MERN Marketplace</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Roboto:100,300,400">
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/icon?family=Material+Icons">
<style>
a{
text-decoration: none
}
</style>
<link rel="manifest" href="./manifest.json">
</head>
<body style="margin:0">
<div id="root">${markup}</div>
<style id="jss-server-side">${css}</style>
<script type="text/javascript" src="/dist/bundle.js"></script>
<script>
if ('serviceWorker' in navigator) {
navigator.serviceWorker.register('/sw.js').then(function() {
console.log("Service Worker Registered");
});
}
</script>
</body>
</html>`;
};
Make sure that the service worker file is generated (Chrome DevTools -> Sources -> Filesystem). You may receive such an error if the service worker file is not generated at all (check your deployment script).
self.addEventListener('fetch', function(event) {});
Add Above code on your service-worker.js file
In my Express server application, I have one wildcard (asterisk / *) route that redirects to index.html
:
// Load React App
// Serve HTML file for production
if (env.name === "production") {
app.get("*", function response(req, res) {
res.sendFile(path.join(__dirname, "public", "index.html"));
});
}
This is a very common design pattern. However, it means that any requests for unknown text files initially get redirected to index.html
, and therefore return with the MIME type of "text/html"
, even if it's actually a JavaScript or SVG or some other kind of plaintext file.
The solution I found was to add a specific route for service-worker.js
before the wildcard route:
app.get("/service-worker.js", (req, res) => {
res.sendFile(path.resolve(__dirname, "public", "service-worker.js"));
});
app.get("*", function response(req, res) {
res.sendFile(path.join(__dirname, "public", "index.html"));
});
Now, when the browser looks for service-worker.js
, Express will return it with the correct MIME type.
(Note that if you try adding the service-worker.js
route after the wildcard, it won't work because the wildcard route will override.)