Express + Node.js Can't get Image to load
Very new to MEAN Stack and I'm using Brackets to edit .ejs views for a simple form app using Express tutorial. I'm trying load a static image and it just won't load. I'm getting GET /public/ggcbear.jpg 404 from app.js (terminal). I also created a image.ejs views to handle the load...but thats not working. My .jpg is listed in the folder: public. What syntax is wrong in my code/.ejs files?
Part of my app.js
var http = require("http");
var path = require("path");
var express = require("express");
var logger = require("morgan");
var bodyParser = require("body-parser");
// Make an express app
var app = express();
app.set("views", path.resolve(__dirname, "views"));
app.set("view engine", "ejs");
//adding static functionality for images
app.use(express.static('public'));
// Renders the "image" page (at views/index.ejs) when GETing the URL
app.get("/image", function(request, response) {
response.render("image");
});
//etc...
my header.ejs
<!-- This header will appear at the top of every page -->
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset='utf-8'>
<title>Express Guestbook</title>
<!-- Loads Twitter's Bootstrap CSS from the Bootstrap CDN -->
<!-- http://getbootstrap.com/ -->
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.7/css/bootstrap.min.css">
</head>
<body class ="container">
<!-- my image tag -->
<div>
<img src="/public/ggcbear.jpg">
</div>
<h1>
Express Guestbook
<a href="/new-entry" class="btn btn-primary pull-right">
Write in the guestbook
</a>
</h1>
</body>
</html>
my image.ejs
<% include header %>
<div>
<h3><img src="/ggcbear.jpg", alt="Testing Image")</h3>
</div>
<% include footer %>
Answer
Using the following static middleware:
app.use(express.static('public'));
and the following folder structure:
.
├── app.js
├── public
│ └── images
│ └── ggcbear.jpg
└── view
├── header.ejs
└── image.ejs
your ggcbear.jpg will serve from /images/ggcbear.jpg:
<img src="/images/ggcbear.jpg">