Cannot set an IP address on Express JS app

Trying to test an endpoint in express But keep getting 404 error.

var express = require("express")
var app = express()
//var http = require('http').Server(app)
app.get('/', function(req,res){

res.send('ok from end point')
})
var port = process.env.PORT|| 8080
var localhost = 'someLocalHost.med.gov'
console.log({'localhost':localhost,
'post':port})
//
app.listen(port,localhost,function(err){

if (err){
console.log('err')
}
else {
console.log('Listening')
}
})

||

process.env.PORT

8080

process.env.PORT

8080

somehost.med.gov

2 Answers
2

Localhost refers to 127.0.0.1. You can't just launch a server on any address that you want. If you're wanting to override localhost you can look into modifying your HOSTS file locally to setup an alias for localhost.

127.0.0.1

localhost

HOSTS

localhost

So I ended up http:// IP_ADDRESS:8080 and that took care of it.

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