[Solved-2 Solutions] Express res.sendfile throwing forbidden error
Error Description:
- We have this code:
res.sendfile( '../../temp/index.html' )
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- However, it throws this error:
Error: Forbidden
at SendStream.error (/Users/Oliver/Development/Personal/Reader/node_modules/express/node_modules/send/lib/send.js:145:16)
at SendStream.pipe (/Users/Oliver/Development/Personal/Reader/node_modules/express/node_modules/send/lib/send.js:307:39)
at ServerResponse.res.sendfile (/Users/Oliver/Development/Personal/Reader/node_modules/express/lib/response.js:339:8)
at exports.boot (/Users/Oliver/Development/Personal/Reader/server/config/routes.js:18:9)
at callbacks (/Users/Oliver/Development/Personal/Reader/node_modules/express/lib/router/index.js:161:37)
at param (/Users/Oliver/Development/Personal/Reader/node_modules/express/lib/router/index.js:135:11)
at pass (/Users/Oliver/Development/Personal/Reader/node_modules/express/lib/router/index.js:142:5)
at Router._dispatch (/Users/Oliver/Development/Personal/Reader/node_modules/express/lib/router/index.js:170:5)
at Object.router (/Users/Oliver/Development/Personal/Reader/node_modules/express/lib/router/index.js:33:10)
at next (/Users/Oliver/Development/Personal/Reader/node_modules/express/node_modules/connect/lib/proto.js:199:15)
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Solution 1:
- It's because of the relative path; the "../" is considered malicious. Resolve the local path first, then call res.sendfile. You can resolve the path with path.resolve beforehand.
var path = require('path');
res.sendFile(path.resolve('temp/index.html'));
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Solution 2:
- The Express documentation suggests doing it a different way:
res.sendFile('index.html', {root: './temp});
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- The root option seems to set ./ as the root directory of your project. So we cannot tell where the file is in relation to the project root, but if your temp folder is there, you can set ./temp as the root for the file you're sending.