express serve a file code example

Example 1: express static

app.use(express.static('public'));

Example 2: express serve html

const path = require('path')
const express = require('express')

const app = express()

const port = process.env.PORT || 3000
const publicDirectoryPath = path.join(__dirname, '../public')

app.use(express.static(publicDirectoryPath))

app.listen(port, () => {
    console.log(`Server is up on port ${port}!`)
})

Example 3: app.use public

app.use(express.static('public'))
app.use(express.static('files'))

Example 4: use static with expres

app.use(express.static('directoryName'))
#store the files in the directory as if you were making a website without express