How to fix the Node.js Application error: “Cannot GET” URL

You may encounter an error stating that the Node.js application is unable to “Get a URL” while attempting to utilize it on Node.js hosting.

The primary reason is that Phusion Passenger is used by the cPanel Node.js implementation to manage Node.js applications. Passenger uses the information entered in the Application URL text box to construct the root path when you create an app in Node.js cPanel.

For example, if the application URL text box is set to ‘myapp’ then the root path for the app is not “/”but “/myapp”.
In this article, we will get know how to resolve this error.

How Do I Fix the “Cannot Get” URL Error in a Node.js Application?
First, you must add the application URL to your routes in order to fix the problem. Using the widely used Express online application framework, the code below illustrates how to carry out this procedure.

It basically assumes that the Application URL text box in the Node.js app is set to myapp.

const express = require(‘express’);
const app = express();
app.get(‘/myapp/’, function(req, res){
res.send(“Hello from the root application URL”);

});

app.get(‘/myapp/test/’, function(req, res){
res.send(“Hello from the ‘test’ URL”);

});

app.listen(0, () => console.log(‘Application is running’));
In the above code sample, there are two codes defined,/myapp and /myapp/test. If your domain name is abc.com and you are using your web browser to view http://abc.com/my app or http://abc.com/myapp, you get the Cannot GET error message.

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