{"id":14550,"date":"2022-12-24T07:35:35","date_gmt":"2022-12-24T07:35:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/?p=14550"},"modified":"2023-11-14T10:36:53","modified_gmt":"2023-11-14T10:36:53","slug":"how-to-fix-the-nodejs-application-error-cannot-get-url","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/how-to-fix-the-nodejs-application-error-cannot-get-url\/","title":{"rendered":"How to fix the Node.js Application error: \u201cCannot GET\u201d URL?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>When you\u2019re trying to use Node.js application on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting\/nodejs-hosting\">nodejs hosting<\/a>, you might get an error about the app being unable to \u201cGet a URL.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The main cause is, Node.js implementation in cPanel uses Phusion Passenger to manage Node.js applications. When you create an app in Node.js cPanel, Passenger uses the value in the Application URL text box for creating the root path.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For example, if the application URL text box is set to \u2018myapp\u2019 then the root path for the app is not \u201c\/\u201dbut \u201c\/myapp\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In this article, we will get know how to resolve this error.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How to Resolve the Error, Node.js application error message: \u201cCannot Get\u201d URL?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Firstly, to resolve the issue, you need to include the application URL in your routes. The below code explains how to do this process using the very popular Express web application framework.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Related: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/how-to-install-node-js-on-cpanel-server-via-whm\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">How To Install Node.js On cPanel Server Via WHM?<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It basically assumes that the Application URL text box in the Node.js app is set to myapp.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">const express = require('express');\nconst app = express();<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>app.get(&#8216;\/myapp\/&#8217;, function(req, res){<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; res.send(&#8220;Hello from the root application URL&#8221;);<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>});<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>app.get(&#8216;\/myapp\/test\/&#8217;, function(req, res){<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; res.send(&#8220;Hello from the &#8216;test&#8217; URL&#8221;); });<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>});<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">app.listen(0, () =&gt; console.log('Application is running'));<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>In the above code sample, there are two codes defined,\/myapp and \/myapp\/test. If your domain name is abc.com and you are using your web browser to view <a href=\"http:\/\/abc.com\/my\">http:\/\/abc.com\/my<\/a> app or <a href=\"http:\/\/abc.com\/myapp\">http:\/\/abc.com\/myapp<\/a>, you get the Cannot GET error message.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When you\u2019re trying to use Node.js application on nodejs hosting, you might get an error about the app being unable to \u201cGet a URL.\u201d The main cause is, Node.js implementation in cPanel uses Phusion Passenger to manage Node.js applications. 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