BrowserSync Cannot GET /

Question

I only have installed NodeJS and BrowserSync with this command:

npm install -g browser-sync 

After I use this command to start the server:

C:\xampp\htdocs\browser_sync
λ browser-sync start --server
[BS] Access URLs:
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       Local: http://localhost:3000
    External: http://192.168.1.223:3000
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          UI: http://localhost:3001
 UI External: http://192.168.1.223:3001
 --------------------------------------
[BS] Serving files from: ./

And I get the following error: Cannot GET /

I'm confused because I want to use BrowserSync with my Laravel project.

Where should I install BrowserSync?

Thanks.

Answer 1

Using BrowserSync as a server only works if you're running a static site, so PHP won't work here.

Looks like you're using XAMPP to serve your site, you can use BrowserSync to proxy your localhost.

Example:

browser-sync start --proxy localhost/yoursite

References:

• http://www.browsersync.io/docs/command-line/#proxy-example
• https://github.com/BrowserSync/browser-sync/issues/5