node js express serve html page code example

Example 1: 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 2: express send html file

app.get('/test', function(req, res) {
    res.sendFile('test.html', {root: __dirname })
});