freeCodeCamp/api-server/server/boot/z-not-found.js

import accepts from 'accepts';

import { homeLocation } from '../../../config/env';

export default function fourOhFour(app) {
  app.all('*', function(req, res) {
    const accept = accepts(req);
    const type = accept.type('html', 'json', 'text');
    const { path } = req;

    if (type === 'html') {
      req.flash('danger', `We couldn't find path ${path}`);
      return res.redirectWithFlash(`${homeLocation}/404`);
    }

    if (type === 'json') {
      return res.status('404').json({ error: 'path not found' });
    }

    res.setHeader('Content-Type', 'text/plain');
    return res.send('404 path not found');
  });
}