my app.js code.
// To make it clear to the consumer that the application is an API, prefix the endpoint with /api
app.use("/api/v1", auth);
app.use("/api/v1/pages", authRoute, pages);
app.use("/api/v1/users",authRoute, users);
app.use("/api/v1/books",authRoute, books);
app.use("/api/v1/authors",authRoute, authors);
app.use("/api/v1/chapters", authRoute, chapters);
const start = async () => {
try {
await conn(process.env.MONGO_URI); // Access the connection string in .env
app.listen(PORT, () => console.log(`Server is listening on port ${PORT}`));
} catch (err) {
console.log(err);
}
};
//rate limit
const limit = rateLimit({
windowMs: 1 * 60 * 1000,
max: 25,
});
app.use(limit);
start();
export default app;
so if a user types in /api/v1/bookkks I am wanting to return a message saying that does not exist.
I currently get this in postman if it's typed wrong.
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<title>Error</title>
</head>
<body>
<pre>Cannot GET /api/v1/chapter</pre>
</body>
</html>
note this is an API and I don't have any web page set up.
You can achieve this using a simple Middleware in Express.
See the addition below, (404 middleware must be the last route defined in the app)
// To make it clear to the consumer that the application is an API, prefix the endpoint with /api
app.use("/api/v1", auth);
app.use("/api/v1/pages", authRoute, pages);
app.use("/api/v1/users", authRoute, users);
app.use("/api/v1/books", authRoute, books);
app.use("/api/v1/authors", authRoute, authors);
app.use("/api/v1/chapters", authRoute, chapters);
app.use((req, res, next) => {
res.status(404).send("Route Not Found!");
});
const start = async () => {
try {
await conn(process.env.MONGO_URI); // Access the connection string in .env
app.listen(PORT, () => console.log(`Server is listening on port ${PORT}`));
} catch (err) {
console.log(err);
}
};