In node.js express , the default router always jump to index.html static file

Question

In node.js express , the default router always jump to index.html static file

My default router is :

app.get('/', function (req, res) {
    console.log("default");
    res.send("ok");
});

If I don't have a index.html in my static directory, the log and send will output as will,

but when I add index.html, the router will direct jump to the page, then I change the name index to another name, it doesn't jump again.

Why this happen? How can I change this setting things?

node.js
express
default
router

Answer 1

It's your middleware order and configuration that causes this behavior. You presumably are using the static middleware and by default that happens before the app.router middleware. The solution is either:

configure your static middleware to only serve exact file matches without any automatic index.html behavior
put app.user(app.router); before your static middleware