How to allow for webpack-dev-server to allow entry points from react-router

Question

I\'m creating an app that uses webpack-dev-server in development alongside react-router.

It seems that webpack-dev-server is built around the assumption that you wil

Answer 1

This worked for me: just simply add the webpack middlewares first and the app.get('*'... index.html resolver later,

so express will first check if the request matches one of the routes provided by webpack (like: /dist/bundle.js or /__webpack_hmr_) and if not, then it will move to the index.html with the * resolver.

ie:

app.use(require('webpack-dev-middleware')(compiler, {
  publicPath: webpackConfig.output.publicPath,
}))
app.use(require('webpack-hot-middleware')(compiler))
app.get('*', function(req, res) {
  sendSomeHtml(res)
})

Answer 2

For anyone else that may still be looking for this answer. I put together a simple proxy bypass which achieves this without much hassle and the config goes into the webpack.config.js

I am sure there are much more elegant ways to test for local content using regex, but this works for my needs.

devServer: {
  proxy: { 
    '/**': {  //catch all requests
      target: '/index.html',  //default target
      secure: false,
      bypass: function(req, res, opt){
        //your custom code to check for any exceptions
        //console.log('bypass check', {req: req, res:res, opt: opt});
        if(req.path.indexOf('/img/') !== -1 || req.path.indexOf('/public/') !== -1){
          return '/'
        }

        if (req.headers.accept.indexOf('html') !== -1) {
          return '/index.html';
        }
      }
    }
  }
} 

Answer 3

historyApiFallback can also be an object instead of a Boolean, containing the routes.

historyApiFallback: navData && {
  rewrites: [
      { from: /route-1-regex/, to: 'route-1-example.html' }
  ]
}