Handling root directory/route in Express + Node JS

Question

Handling root directory/route in Express + Node JS

I am using Express + Node JS with my site and I have been trying to handle users' requests of 'www.mysite.com/' or 'www.mysite.com' to redirect to 'www.mysite.com/dashboard'. Is this possible and if so how is it done?! I have the following in my routes file:

app.get('/',function(req,res) {
    res.redirect('/dashboard');
});

But this does not work.

javascript
node.js
express

Answer 1

do you assign the route for / BEFORE the route to /dashboard ?

Like this

app.get('/',function(req,res) {
    res.redirect('/dashboard');
});

app.get('/dashboard',function(req,res) {
    res.render('dashboard');
});

Answer 2

remove slash yes dashboard route also has to be define

app.get('/',function(req,res) {
    res.redirect('dashboard');
});