DigitalOcean nodejs cannot run express

Hi!

I have a similar problem.

My Nginx Block:

server {

	server_name MY_SITE www.MY_SITE;

	root /var/www/MY_SITE/html;
	index index.html;

	location / {
		try_files $uri $uri/ =404;
	}

    location /api {
        proxy_pass http://localhost:3000;
        proxy_http_version 1.1;
        proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade;
        proxy_set_header Connection 'upgrade';
        proxy_set_header Host $host;
        proxy_cache_bypass $http_upgrade;
    }
	
    listen [::]:443 ssl ipv6only=on; # managed by Certbot
    listen 443 ssl; # managed by Certbot
    ssl_certificate /etc/letsencrypt/live/MY_SITE/fullchain.pem; # managed by Certbot
    ssl_certificate_key /etc/letsencrypt/live/MY_SITE/privkey.pem; # managed by Certbot
    include /etc/letsencrypt/options-ssl-nginx.conf; # managed by Certbot
    ssl_dhparam /etc/letsencrypt/ssl-dhparams.pem; # managed by Certbot


}
server {
    if ($host = MY_SITE) {
        return 301 https://$host$request_uri;
    } # managed by Certbot


    if ($host = MY_SITE) {
        return 301 https://$host$request_uri;
    } # managed by Certbot


	listen 80;
	listen [::]:80;

	server_name MY_SITE www.MY_SITE;
    return 404; # managed by Certbot

}

When I use only node (code below) and access MY_SITE/api works perfectly.

var http = require('http');
http.createServer(function (req, res) {
  res.writeHead(200, {'Content-Type': 'text/plain'});
  res.end('Hello Node.JS!');
}).listen(3000);
console.log('Server running at http://localhost:3000/');

When I use Express (below). MY_SITE/api return:

Route 1 => Cannot GET / api / Route 2 works!

How do I get Route 1 to work by changing the Nginx setting?

var express = require('express');
var app = express();

//return Cannot GET /api/
app.get('/', function (req, res) {
  res.send('Hello World!');
});

//works!
app.get('/api', function (req, res) {
  res.send('Hello World!');
});

app.listen(3000, function () {
  console.log('Example app listening on port 3000!');
});

Hi there @edmundng20062,

In your Main.js script, you’ve started the express application but have not defined any routes, which means that when you request /Main/, you haven’t got a page to serve and so get Cannot GET /Main/.

You can define a GET route like this, which will return “Hello World!” when you navigate to /Main/.

app.get('/Main/', function (req, res) {
  res.send('Hello World!');
});

Your full script should then look like this:

var express = require('express');
var app = express();

app.get('/Main/', function (req, res) {
  res.send('Hello World!');
});

app.listen('8080', function () {
    console.log('Test');
});

You can take a look at the express.js documentation for further information on how you can define routes for your express application.

https://expressjs.com/en/starter/hello-world.html https://expressjs.com/en/guide/routing.html https://expressjs.com/en/4x/api.html

Hope that helps! - Matt.