express.static is handling the root url request. e.g. I want to do a redirect in express from https://example.com to https://example.com/dashboard. Check the cases below, first one works, second does not. I expect the second to work too. Anyone knows why?
Case 1 (works)
app.get('/', (req, res, next) => {
res.redirect('/dashboard');
})
app.use(express.static(path.join(__dirname, 'dist')))
app.get('/dashboard', (req, res, next) => {
//do stuff
})
Case 2 (does not work for me)
app.use(express.static(path.join(__dirname, 'dist')))
//request doesn't come here
app.get('/', (req, res, next) => {
res.redirect('/dashboard')
})
app.get('/dashboard', (req, res, next) => {
//do some stuff
})