add 404-guard middleware (JSON for /api/, lightweight HTML elsewhere) + remove untracked .bak/.pre- clutter from disk

326d06dced7ef81a485fc00ba54c7de225a59c5e · 2026-05-25 21:36:15 -0700 · Steve

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commit 326d06dced7ef81a485fc00ba54c7de225a59c5e
Author: Steve <steve@designerwallcoverings.com>
Date:   Mon May 25 21:36:15 2026 -0700

    add 404-guard middleware (JSON for /api/*, lightweight HTML elsewhere) + remove untracked .bak/.pre-* clutter from disk
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 server.js | 9 +++++++++
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)

diff --git a/server.js b/server.js
index 1f5830b..bdfacdc 100644
--- a/server.js
+++ b/server.js
@@ -219,6 +219,15 @@ ${urls.map(u => `  <url><loc>https://silverleafwallpaper.com${u}</loc><changefre
 // Admin catalog CRUD — /admin/catalog (basic-auth) + /api/admin/* REST.
 if (catalog) catalog.mount(app, { siteSlug: SITE_SLUG, rails: SITE_RAILS });
 
+// 404-guard — JSON for /api/*, lightweight HTML for everything else. Sits at
+// the bottom of the route table; any request that falls past every handler
+// (e.g. /care.html.bak, /old-page, stray .bak/.pre-* probes) lands here
+// instead of bubbling to Express's default text/html 404.
+app.use((req, res) => {
+  if (req.path.startsWith('/api/')) return res.status(404).json({ error: 'not_found', path: req.path });
+  res.status(404).type('html').send('<!doctype html><meta charset=utf-8><title>404</title><body style="font:14px/1.6 system-ui;padding:48px;color:#666"><h1 style="font-weight:400">404</h1><p>That page does not exist. <a href="/" style="color:#888">Back to home →</a></p></body>');
+});
+
 // Load the catalog. When admin is enabled, prefer dw_unified; else static JSON.
 (async () => {
   let loaded = false;

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