detect non-existing route on the server side

I’ve got a simple express app that follows the basic structure as described in the server-rendering guide.

My routes are fully defined in the react-router style so I don’t want to add server-side routes for this part of the app.

I would like to set the correct response status when I’m trying to render a route that does not exist (apart from rendering it with the DefaultRoute. Is there a way to detect wether Router.run picked an existing route or went to the fallback route at server-side?

[romeovs]

Wow, seems a lot of work for something that simple.

I’m taking another approach now. I just name the NotFound handler and than look for that name in Router.run on the server side:

// file: routes.jsx
var routes = (
  <Route name='app' handler={App}>
    // other routes....
    <NotFoundRoute name='404' handler={MyNotFound} />
  </Route>
);

// file: render.js (server side render file)
Router.run(routes, path, function(Handler, state) {
  var notfound = state.routes.filter(function(route) {
      return router.name === '404';
  }).length > 0;
  if ( notfound ) {
    throw "Route not found!";
  }
});

[pshrmn]

@ESTEBANMURUZABAL You have been commenting on a number of long dead issues. Please use StackOverflow or Reactiflux for asking questions.