Sails app

config/404.js

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+/**
+ * Default 404 (Not Found) handler
+ *
+ * If no route matches are found for a request, Sails will respond using this handler.
+ * 
+ * This middleware can also be invoked manually from a controller or policy:
+ * Usage: res.notFound()
+ */
+
+module.exports[404] = function pageNotFound(req, res) {
+
+  /*
+   * NOTE: This function is Sails middleware-- that means that not only do `req` and `res`
+   * work just like their Express equivalents to handle HTTP requests, they also simulate
+   * the same interface for receiving socket messages.
+   */
+
+  var viewFilePath = '404';
+  var statusCode = 404;
+  var result = {
+    status: statusCode
+  };
+
+  // If the user-agent wants a JSON response, send json
+  if (req.wantsJSON) {
+    return res.json(result, result.status);
+  }
+
+  res.status(result.status);
+  res.render(viewFilePath, function (err) {
+    // If the view doesn't exist, or an error occured, send json
+    if (err) { return res.json(result, result.status); }
+
+    // Otherwise, serve the `views/404.*` page
+    res.render(viewFilePath);
+  });
+
+};