From 13a1f490fc9a13b319d1ecf7ed414942f68a312e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: phantomjinx <p.g.richardson@phantomjinx.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2018 11:53:21 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] TEIIDTOOLS-341: Ensure routes in address bar are handled
 correctly

* Ensure that Angular, rather than Express, handle manually entered paths
  in browser address bar.
---
 ngapp/server.js | 16 ++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+)

diff --git a/ngapp/server.js b/ngapp/server.js
index 15ea47ab..d4854d9c 100644
--- a/ngapp/server.js
+++ b/ngapp/server.js
@@ -6,8 +6,24 @@ app.use(bodyParser.json());
 
 // Create link to Angular build directory
 var distDir = __dirname + "/dist/";
+
+//
+// Serves all the dist directory as a web application
+//
 app.use(express.static(distDir));
 
+//
+// Catch-all route that ensures any paths added to the host
+// in the address bar, eg. example.com/dataservices, are passed
+// on to the angular app to handle.
+//
+// Ensures that manually entered addresses are handled by
+// angular and express remains a simple passthrough.
+//
+app.get('*', function (req, res) {
+  res.sendFile(distDir + '/index.html');
+});
+
 // Initialize the app.
 var server = app.listen(process.env.PORT || 8080, function () {
   var port = server.address().port;