So, I'm using Node, but all that's printed on the screen is my database in JSON format and not index.html. This doesn't occur when I use localhost, so I have no idea why it does show my index page. Can anyone help me?
My code:
const app = express();
app.listen(3000, () => console.log('listening'));
app.get('/api', (request, response) => {
db.find({}, (err, data) => {
response.json(data);
});
});
I didn't exactly understand your question properly but based on the code you will get a JSON response on localhost:3000/api and a blank screen on localhost:300 as you have not rendered or called for any views in your code.
You can use app.use(express.static(__dirname + '/public')) to access your directory and then use res.sendFile('index.html') to render index HTML file on any route you wish.