fix/middleware preventing 404 redirect

app.js

@@ -84,6 +84,12 @@ app.post('/api/location', async (req,res) => {
     res.json(data);
 });
 
+// 404 handler - keep the actual notFound route please
+app.get('/notFound', (req, res) => {
+    res.render('notFound');
+    return res.status(status.NotFound);
+});
+
 // Initialize database and start app
 initDatabase().then(() => {
     console.log("Successfully connected to MongoDB");
@@ -97,7 +103,7 @@ initDatabase().then(() => {
 
     // 404 handler
     app.get('/*splat', (req, res) => {
-        res.send('404 Not Found');
+        res.render('notFound');
         return res.status(status.NotFound);
     });
     

src/auth/middleware.js

@@ -1,12 +1,22 @@
 const status = require("../util/statuses");
 const session = require("express-session");
 
+// Get all user routes names
+let userRouter = require("../router/user")((req, res, next) => next(), null, null, null);
+userRouter.stack.shift();
+const userRoutes = userRouter.stack.map((layer) => layer.route.path.split("/")[1]);
+
 /**
  * @param {MongoClient.collection} users db collection
  * @returns {async function} middleware handler function
- */
+*/
 const createMiddleware = (users) => {
     return async (req, res, next) => {
+        // Redirect not found pages to 404 page
+        if (!userRoutes.includes(req.url.substring(1))) {
+            return res.status(status.NotFound).redirect("/notFound");
+        }
+
         if (!req.session.authenticated || !req.session.email) {
             req.session.errMessage = "Please login to view that resource";
             res.redirect("/login");

src/views/notFound.ejs

@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+<%- include("./partials/fileHeader") %>
+<%- include("./partials/headerStart") %>
+
+<main>
+    <section class="bg-center bg-no-repeat bg-cover bg-[url('/images/bg1.jpg')] bg-gray-400 bg-blend-multiply">
+        <div class="px-4 mx-auto max-w-screen-xl text-center py-24 lg:py-56">
+            <h1 class="mb-4 text-4xl font-extrabold tracking-tight leading-none text-white md:text-5xl lg:text-6xl">404 - Not found</h1>
+            <p class="mb-8 text-lg font-normal text-gray-300 lg:text-xl sm:px-16 lg:px-48">It appears you stumbled accross a misleading page.</p>
+            <div class="flex flex-col space-y-4 sm:flex-row sm:justify-center sm:space-y-0">
+                <a href="/" class="inline-flex justify-center items-center py-3 px-5 text-base font-medium text-center text-white rounded-lg bg-blue-700 hover:bg-blue-800 focus:ring-4 focus:ring-blue-300 dark:focus:ring-blue-900">
+                    Go home
+                    <svg class="w-3.5 h-3.5 ms-2 rtl:rotate-180" aria-hidden="true" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" fill="none" viewBox="0 0 14 10">
+                        <path stroke="currentColor" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" stroke-width="2" d="M1 5h12m0 0L9 1m4 4L9 9"/>
+                    </svg>
+                </a>
+                <a href="/aboutUs" class="inline-flex justify-center hover:text-gray-900 items-center py-3 px-5 sm:ms-4 text-base font-medium text-center text-white rounded-lg border border-white hover:bg-gray-100 focus:ring-4 focus:ring-gray-400">
+                    Learn more
+                </a>  
+            </div>
+        </div>
+    </section>
+</main>
+
+<%- include("./partials/footer") %>