replace spa-http-server with js file to get around looping redirects

Author: Jeddf

cypress-spa-server.js

@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+const express = require('express');
+const path = require('path');
+
+const port = 8080;
+const app = express();
+
+// serve static assets normally
+app.use(express.static(path.resolve(__dirname, 'dist')));
+
+// block known api route causing looping redirect
+app.get('/rpi/*', (request, response) => {
+  response.send('fin.');
+});
+
+// handle every other route with index.html
+app.get('*', (request, response) => {
+  response.sendFile(path.resolve(__dirname, 'dist/index.html'));
+});
+
+app.listen(port);

package.json

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
     "test": "yarn unit && yarn e2e-with-mocks",
     "lint": "eslint --ext .js,.vue src test/unit/specs",
     "mock-server": "node ./json-server/server.js",
-    "cypress": "yarn build && concurrently --kill-others --success first \"http-server dist/ --push-state > /dev/null\" \"cypress run --browser chrome\"",
+    "cypress": "yarn build && concurrently --kill-others --success first \"node cypress-spa-server.js > /dev/null\" \"cypress run --browser chrome\"",
     "cypress:open": "cypress open",
     "cypress:e2e": "cypress open --config-file cypress-e2e.json",
     "cypress:install": "cypress install"
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@
     "eslint-plugin-import": "^2.2.0",
     "eventsource-polyfill": "^0.9.6",
     "extract-text-webpack-plugin": "^2.0.0",
+    "express": "^4.17.1",
     "file-loader": "^0.11.1",
     "friendly-errors-webpack-plugin": "^1.1.3",
     "html-webpack-plugin": "^2.28.0",
@@ -113,7 +114,6 @@
     "shelljs": "^0.7.6",
     "sinon": "^7.3.2",
     "sinon-chai": "^3.2.0",
-    "spa-http-server": "^0.9.0",
     "speed-measure-webpack-plugin": "^1.3.1",
     "timeshift-js": "^1.0.1",
     "url-loader": "^0.5.8",