Have setup a basic application on node.js & been trying to run it on Facebook apps platform since over 12 hours now but nothing works.
I can successfully access the application using original domain i.e., https://codebook.vaibhavpandey.com but whenever I try to access it via Facebook Apps using https://apps.facebook.com/vpz_codebook/, express renders the 404 view.
This is my main.js if you want to have a look at. My first day on node.js & Facebook Apps so don't be rude please :P
var express = require('express');
var path = require('path');
var favicon = require('static-favicon');
var logger = require('morgan');
var cookieParser = require('cookie-parser');
var bodyParser = require('body-parser');
var index = require('./routes/index');
var app = express();
app.locals.name = 'Codebook';
app.set('views', path.join(__dirname, 'views'));
app.set('view engine', 'jade');
app.use(favicon());
app.use(bodyParser.json());
app.use(bodyParser.urlencoded());
app.use(cookieParser());
app.use(express.static(path.join(__dirname, 'public')));
app.use(logger('combined'));
app.use('/', index);
app.use(function(req, res, next) {
console.log(req);
var err = new Error('Oops! No code here...');
err.status = 404;
next(err);
});
app.use(function(err, req, res, next) {
res.status(err.status || 500);
res.render('error', {
title: err.message,
uri: (req.protocol + '://' + req.get('host') + req.originalUrl)
});
});
module.exports = app;
This is the routes/index.js file, containing the only route:
var express = require('express');
var router = express.Router();
router.get('/', function(req, res) {
res.render('index');
});
module.exports = router;
I guess you'll have to add a route for POST requests as well, because the first request from apps.facebook.com will be a POST:
var express = require('express');
var router = express.Router();
router.get('/', function(req, res) {
res.render('index');
});
router.post('/', function(req, res) {
res.render('index');
});
module.exports = router;