Configure lite-server to open an index.html from a subfolder

[RayBowman2017b]

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I am trying to configure live-server to use the index.html and code from a subfolder off of the root folder

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bs-config.json

{
"port": 3000,
"files" : [ "./SEC010/*.{js, html}" ],
"open" : "/SEC010/index.html",
"server": {
"baseDir": "./"
},
"http" : true,
"browser": ["chrome"]
}

If I set baseDir to ./SEV010, it will load the index.html from that sub-folder, but then how do I get live-server to utilize the node_modules sub-folder in the root folder?

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[JulioCoder]

Hello, I have the same issue.
All work ok in root directory of my project.
www.myweb.com
But when I click in a link to subfolder, then it does not pull the index.html
www.myweb.com/contact/
I works when you change the link to www.myweb.com/contact/index.html

The problem is I dont want to use a complete link www.myweb.com/contact/index.html but only www.myweb.com/contact/

How can I configure bs-config.json to do this ?

[minaelee]

I've explained how to do this here:
https://minaelee.medium.com/setting-basedir-in-lite-server-bs-config-and-still-access-node-modules-673bf523d09d

Long story short, add this to your bs-config.json:

{
    "server": { 
        "baseDir": "./src",
        "routes": { "/node_modules": "node_modules" }
    }
}

Or this to your bs-config.js (one or the other):

module.exports = {
    server: {
        baseDir: './src',
        routes: {
            '/node_modules': 'node_modules'
        }
    }
}

Update ./src to whatever folder you are using as your baseDir. Make sure you call lite-server using the -c bs-config.json flag.
Good luck!