Express: Error: Failed to lookup view "./index" in views directory "/app/templates/views"

Created on 9 May 2019 · 2Comments · Source: expressjs/express

my app is working fine in local machine but when i am deploying it to production it give 'internal server error' on the website

src/app.js -->

const path = require('path');
const express = require('express');
const hbs = require('hbs');

// const require = require('require');
const geocode = require('./util/geocode');
const forecast = require('./util/forecast');


const app = express();

const port = process.env.PORT || 3000

console.log("xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx",port)

app.listen(port);


//using public directory to load static path
const publicPath = path.join(__dirname,'../public');
app.use(express.static(publicPath));

// app.get('', (req,res)=>{

//     res.send('Hello Express')
// })

app.get('/weather', (req,res)=>{

if(!req.query.address){
   return res.send({
        error:'Please provide different address'
    })
}
geocode(req.query.address,
        (error,data)=>{
            if(error){
               return res.send({
                error:'Please provide different address'

               })

            }
            geoData = data;
            forecast(data.latitude, data.longitude, 

                (error,data)=>{
                    if(error){
                        return res.send({
                            error:'Please provide different address'

                           })


                    }
                    res.send(
                       {[ req.query.address]:{
                            searchedlocation: req.query.address,
                            location: geoData.location,
                             weather: data
                        }
}


                    )


                    }

                )



            }
        );






})


//using view directory of templates
const viewsPath = path.join(__dirname,'../templates/views');
app.set('view engine', 'hbs')
app.set('views', viewsPath)

app.get('/about', (req,res)=>{
    res.render('./about')
})

app.get('/', (req,res)=>{
    res.render('./index')
})

app.get('/help', (req,res)=>{
    res.render('./help')
})






//using partials directory of templates directory for dynamic view

const partialPath = path.join(__dirname,'../templates/partials')
hbs.registerPartials(partialPath);

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mayank13395

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Hi @mayank13395, that error typically means the file is inaccessible. Could be permissions or could be missing. I would check those. If you have any other questions like this, a better place to reach out is Stack Overflow or the Express Gitter. Good luck!