How to hang the opening of one file on all routes?

Question

Express.js

This is the code that doesn't work:

app.get('*', express.static(path.join(__dirname, '../public')))

public/index.html is still opened only on /, otherwise:

And it is necessary that public/index.html be opened on any get-request in general, excluding the prefix /api/.
How can this be achieved?

Answer 1

const express = require('express');
const path = require('path');

const app = express();

app.use('/public', express.static(path.join(__dirname, '/public'));

app.get('*', (req, res) => {
  res.sendFile(path.join(__dirname, '/index.html'));
});