Express: how to render static files from a specific route

Question

app.js

 import express from "express";
    import { getTokenData } from "./src/services/dbServices";
    
    const app = express();
    
    app.get("/api/token/:token_id", (req, res) => {
      const tokenId = req.params.token_id;
      const worldMetadata = getTokenData(tokenId).metadata;
      res.send(worldMetadata);
    });
    
    app.use(express.static("public"));
    
    app.get("/api/animation/:token_id", (req, res) => {});
    
    app.listen(5000, () => {
      console.log("App running on port 5000");
    });

Im trying to render static files from my server to display a p5.j script. right now the public directory is being rendered from the "/" route of my server thanks to the express.static. I'd like to render the public directory only when the url matches /api/animation/:token_id. I've been trying for hours to make this work