how to fetch data with react-app from node,express-server, when react-app is called from server

Question

I have a react-app which is called from my node-server. But the react-app also fetches data from the server. The problem is, that the react-app is just able to fetch data from the server, when this code is deleted:

app.get('/*', function (req, res) {
res.sendFile(path.join(__dirname, '../build', 'index.html'));

})

Because all requests are going to this app.get('/*'..), even when the react-app trys to fetch images from the server like this:

app.post('/images',express.static('images'));

Because all requests are going to the above function, so its not possible to fetch the images anymore. Thanks for your help.

Answer 1

You should use

app.use(express.static('images'))

Instead of adding a route. Then you need to add static as prefix to the http path. You could do the same with your react files.

check https://expressjs.com/en/starter/static-files.html