I'm trying to find out how to load and render a basic HTML file so I don't have to write code like:
response.write('...<p>blahblahblah</p>...');
I just found one way using the fs library. I'm not certain if it's the cleanest though.
var http = require('http'),
fs = require('fs');
fs.readFile('./index.html', function (err, html) {
if (err) {
throw err;
}
http.createServer(function(request, response) {
response.writeHeader(200, {"Content-Type": "text/html"});
response.write(html);
response.end();
}).listen(8000);
});
The basic concept is just raw file reading and dumping the contents. Still open to cleaner options, though!
use app.get to get the html file. its simple!!
const express = require('express');
const app = new express();
app.get('/', function(request, response){
response.sendFile('absolutePathToYour/htmlPage.html');
});
its as simple as that.
For this use express module.
Install express: npm install express -g