Custom Grunt Connect Middleware to rewrite non static/directory resources to index.html. Useful for debugging AngularJS apps with HTML5 mode enabled. Routes like /projects which have been defined by the $routeProvider can then be navigated directly from the browser by serving always the index.html. Angular will automatically resolve the defined …

grunt_connect.js

'use strict';

module.exports = function(grunt) {

    grunt.initConfig({

        connect: {
            server: {
                options: {
                    port: 9001,
                    base: 'target/build/debug/app',
                    middleware: function(connect, options) {

                        var fs = require('fs');
                        var util = require('util');
                        var path = require('path');

                        return [

                            // Serve static files.
                            connect.static(options.base),
                            // Make empty directories browsable.
                            connect.directory(options.base),
                            //rewrite all non static/directories resources to index.html, no redirect!
                            function(req, res, next) {
                                res.writeHead(200, {
                                    'Content-Type': 'text/html'
                                });
                                var stream = fs.createReadStream(path.join(options.base, 'index.html'));
                                util.pump(stream, res);
                            }
                        ];
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    });


    //##############################################################
    //# Dependencies
    //###############################################################
    grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-contrib-connect');

    //###############################################################
    // # Alias tasks
    //###############################################################
    grunt.registerTask('default', ['connect']);

}

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