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Node.js server giving 404 (Not Found) error

My code is

const https = require('https');
const fs = require('fs');

const options = {
  key: fs.readFileSync('server.key'),
  cert: fs.readFileSync('server.cert')
};

let requestCount = 0;

const server = https.createServer(options, (req, res) => {
  requestCount++;

  // Process the request here...
  console.log("req.url:",req.url);
  if (req.url === '/') {
    res.end('Hello, world!');
  } else {
    res.statusCode = 404;
    res.setHeader('Content-Type', 'text/plain');
    res.end('Custom 404: The requested resource was not found.');
  }
});

server.listen(3000, () => {
  console.log('Server is running on port 3000');
});

server.on('request', (req, res) => {
  console.error('request:', req);
});



server.on('clientError', (error, socket) => {
  console.error('Client error:', error);
  socket.end('HTTP/1.1 400 Bad Request\r\n\r\n');
});


server.on('error', (error) => {
  console.error('Server error:', error);
});

process.on('SIGINT', () => {
  console.log('Received SIGINT. Shutting down...');
  server.close(() => {
    console.log('Server has stopped');
    process.exit(0);
  });
});

setInterval(() => {
  console.log(`Total requests: ${requestCount}`);
}, 5000);`

When I start this server I get message
Server is running on port 3000
Total requests: 0

But when I browse to https://thebomberman.net/game:3000,

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I see this text,

The page can’t be found.
It looks like nothing was found at this location.

Total request remains 0. Port 3000 is open and when I run netstat -tulnp,

I see
tcp6 0 0 :::3000 :::* LISTEN 11704/node

Please advise what can be done to fix the 404 error.

I tried catching error logs and used netstat -tulnp to view port 3000 is listening.

>Solution :

The URL you are using, https://thebomberman.net/game:3000, is wrong.

The port should follow the hostname. Try with https://thebomberman.net:3000/game.

You will receive a 404 anyway. You code is repliyng with 200 (Hello world) if the request path is / and 404 for all other paths (like /game).

Moreover, I don’t know if you are using a reverse proxy in front of your node http process. This would change things and I would need to know how the reverse proxy is configured.

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