Browser is not getting redirected with res.sendFile()

Question

In my Express app, when the admin sucessfully logs in, I want him to be sent to his dashboard page. So in the post function, on success, I redirect to admin/ which takes him to the next function

So I have:

adminRoutes.get('/', function(req, res){
    console.log("/", path.join(__dirname, 'public/admin/index.html'));

    res.sendFile(path.join(__dirname, 'public/admin/index.html'), {}, function (err) {
        if (err) {
          console.log(err);
          res.status(err.status).end();
      }
      else {
          console.log('Sent:');
      }
  });
});

But the problem is, nothing happens in my browser. It just stays on the browser page. It doesn't change to the new page I'm sending.

Why is it not working?

Are you getting to the log "Sent:" in your console? – laggingreflex Jun 04 '15 at 23:41 — laggingreflex, Jun 04 '15 at 23:41
@laggingreflex Yes I am. That's what's bugging me out – CodyBugstein Jun 05 '15 at 00:32 — CodyBugstein, Jun 05 '15 at 00:32

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 05 '15 at 01:22

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You should do a redirect not sendFile. sendFile is for telling the browser to download a specific file. Try:

res.redirect('public/admin');

Also, make sure this is registered in your routes. The route should then render the HTML.

answered Jun 05 '15 at 01:22

beautifulcoder

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and what's at the route `public/admin`? At some point, I've gotta send a file – CodyBugstein Jun 05 '15 at 03:00
Do you mean a downloadable file? Or a file rendered as HTML? These are two radically different concepts to the browser – beautifulcoder Jun 05 '15 at 14:37

Browser is not getting redirected with res.sendFile()

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