Unable to add Express REST API

[sravikiran]

Hi,

I just started playing with this starter kit. I ran the sample using the following command to make use of the express-server-example.js file:

node server/express-server-example

It starts the server on the port 8080 and I am able to browse the sample. Then I added the following REST endpoint to the file express-server-example.js:

app.get('/api/sample', function(request, response) {
response.send({name:"Ravi"});
});

Now when I hit this endpoint, I get the following view instead of getting JSON response from the endpoint:

I tried to fix this and ended with no luck as of now. Is this a bug in the starter kit? Otherwise, can someone help me in resolving this?

[PatrickJS]

this is due to the order of the middleware and WebpackDevServer having historyAPiFallback

[PatrickJS]

I updated the server stub and turned off historyApiFallback from the devServer and included a todo api example for you to start from. If you have anymore questions you can comment here or open another issue thanks!

[sravikiran]

@gdi2290 Thanks Patrick. I tried it and it worked well. I have just one more question, how to run the express server along with the build and watch processes? I tried it with the following script in NPM, but it stops at express and doesn't run watch:

"myServer": "npm install && npm run build && npm run express && npm run watch"

Is there a way to run both of them together?

[PatrickJS]

@sravikiran the stub is rebuilding in development but you have to reload manually express-server-example.js#L97 until I correctly inject the webpack socketio stuff. I would delete the build folder and run npm run express then reload the browser manually when you make a change for now. You don't need to use npm run build or npm run watch with the express stub since the files are built in-memory

[sravikiran]

@gdi2290 Thanks again for the response. That makes sense.