Getting "Unable to GET /" when trying to connect to localhost: 5000 Firebase

Question

I'm trying to get my localhost server on Firebase to work, but I keep getting the following message in the "Can not GET /" browser. I looked in the console and all he says is ' http: // localhost: 5000/404 (Not Found)'.

I tried restarting the server using "firebase serve" and this does not help. I ran firebase init again, and that didn't help either. I installed firebase tools again by running "npm install -g firebase-tools" and then running firebase again and leaving nothing.

Not sure what is happening because it originally worked. I installed some grunt plugins and moved the index.html file under the html folder, although I still have the index.html file in the public folder in which it still says "Can not GET /"

I also tried restarting them in different browsers, etc.

I am using Mac OS X El Capitan.

Let me know if you need more information. thanks in advance

Answer 1

I had a problem with firebase serve from the scripts directory in the "Friendly Chat" tutorial. Starting the server from the parent directory made it work again as expected.

Answer 2

Well, it so happened that it works, but pretty much had to start from scratch. I deleted the shared folder and just moved the html, css, js and node-module folders from my project directory, then installed firebase-tools again and ran the firebase init command, then restarted the localhost server and everything started working again. After which I returned all my previous folders, and everything works as before.

Not sure if the problem occurred 100%, but at some point I deleted my index.html file and then returned it later when I tested something. At this moment, I feel that the problem has begun. I will try to test this script in a test project, but in my opinion, do not delete the index.html file yet, just modify the existing one. Thanks to everyone.

Answer 3

An error message appears if you run "firebase serve" in the project folder.

Go to the parent folder (up one level) using "cd .." and start the server from there.

Answer 4

if it helps someone save time. Perhaps: it is possible that the build step did not complete, it was my case, and there was no index.html in the build / ... directory