express app get send url to html page code example

Example 1: express sendfile html

var express = require('express');
var app = express();
var path = require('path');

// viewed at http://localhost:8080
app.get('/', function(req, res) {
    res.sendFile(path.join(__dirname + '/index.html'));
});

app.listen(8080);

Example 2: express url redirect

const app = require('express')();

// The `res.redirect()` function sends back an HTTP 302 by default.
// When an HTTP client receives a response with status 302, it will send
// an HTTP request to the URL in the response, in this case `/to`
app.get('/from', (req, res) => {
  res.redirect('/to');
});
app.get('/to', (req, res) => res.send('Hello, World!'));