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Andrew Young
Courses Plus Student 639 PointsCan we use express with http module?
I'm wondering because that I don't start developing express when I first touch node.js, so I use http.createServer function to listen the port. So I'm wondering we listen to a port (for produtive app we've listen 80 port) with express when building API, than we listen to 80 port again fo static site content using http.createServer function can it work with two application listen to a same port?
Andrew Young
Courses Plus Student 639 PointsI meant I have using http.createServer function to listen 80 port and print/write out all input of the code I write to handle site for visitor, and I want to also have a express listening on 80port for making APIs and all the api with be under the /api path. Is it possible?
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Iain Simmons
Treehouse Moderator 32,305 PointsYou could just use different ports, but that sort of defeats the purpose. You'd be better off setting up static routes in Express:
https://expressjs.com/en/starter/static-files.html
Caleb Kleveter
Treehouse Moderator 37,862 PointsCaleb Kleveter
Treehouse Moderator 37,862 PointsTwo applications, or two different modules in an app?