angular/aio/content/examples/ssr/server.ts

// #docplaster

import {APP_BASE_HREF} from '@angular/common';
import {CommonEngine} from '@angular/ssr';
import express from 'express';
import {dirname, join, resolve} from 'node:path';
import {fileURLToPath} from 'node:url';

import bootstrap from './src/main.server';

// The Express app is exported so that it can be used by serverless Functions.
export function app(): express.Express {
  const server = express();
  const serverDistFolder = dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url));
  const browserDistFolder = resolve(serverDistFolder, '../browser');
  const indexHtml = join(serverDistFolder, 'index.server.html');
  const commonEngine = new CommonEngine();

  server.set('view engine', 'html');
  server.set('views', browserDistFolder);

  // TODO: implement data requests securely
  // Serve data from URLS that begin "/api/"
  server.get('/api/**', (req, res) => {
    res.status(404).send('data requests are not yet supported');
  });
  // Serve static files from /browser
  server.get('*.*', express.static(browserDistFolder, {maxAge: '1y'}));

  // #docregion navigation-request
  // All regular routes use the Angular engine
  server.get('*', (req, res, next) => {
    const {protocol, originalUrl, baseUrl, headers} = req;

    commonEngine
        .render({
          bootstrap,
          documentFilePath: indexHtml,
          url: `${protocol}://${headers.host}${originalUrl}`,
          publicPath: browserDistFolder,
          providers: [{provide: APP_BASE_HREF, useValue: req.baseUrl}],
        })
        .then((html) => res.send(html))
        .catch((err) => next(err));
  });
  // #enddocregion navigation-request

  return server;
}

function run(): void {
  const port = process.env['PORT'] || 4000;

  // Start up the Node server
  const server = app();
  server.listen(port, () => {
    console.log(`Node Express server listening on http://localhost:${port}`);
  });
}

run();