Discussion on: Fixing the "cannot GET /URL" error on refresh with React Router (or how client side routers work)

[Leo Wong]

Hey I just wanted to say thank you so much for this post, it fixed a bug that nobody on my bootcamp course could fix - by adding a catch-all, I was getting an error after returning from Stripe checkout,

Cannot GET /success

, but after adding the Express catch-all as you suggested:

app.get('/*', (req, res) => {
  res.sendFile(path.join(__dirname, '../client/build/index.html'), (err) => err && res.status(500).send(err));
});

…it worked

[sushant0808]

Can you please share how exactly did you solve this error. I put this in my node application but still didn't work for me. Should I make changes to my frontend react app in the router or any other changes that you made that worked for you. Please help me with this one

[Leo Wong]

Only the backend... What's your repo?