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Is there a way to handle unresolved routes? I'm writing an SPA that uses HTML5 history - which requires all unresolved routes to serve /

Given the way routing quality works, would /* be an appropriate way to handle this?

```
status(HttpStatusCode.NotFound) {
            if(call.request.accept()?.contains("text/html", ignoreCase = true) == true) {
                val content = call.resolveResource("index.html", "static")
                if(content != null) call.respond(HttpStatusCode.OK, content)
            } else {
                call.respond(HttpStatusCode.NotFound, "Not found")
            }
        }
```

Is this the best way to do this?

So basically you are serving static html content and want to serve a 404 if the resource is not found?

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Try the tailcard matcher. <https://stackoverflow.com/a/50965188/5335131>

<@U8JP1GPPC> not quite; actually the opposite. I use `defaultResource("index.html", "static")` for serving my `index.html` page on `/`, however, HTML5 history works by changing the URL client side.

For example, my SPA may have a route for `/login`, however, this route is *not* present in ktor - the route only exists in Vue. HTML5 history requires that any paths that would have resulted in a 404, instead serve the `index.html` - so if a user were to refresh `/login` it ktor should just return `index.html` and Vue will handle the route accordingly.

<@U1V64KSDP> no dice, `file("{...}", "index.html")` in my `static {} ` block I only see a 404 for routes undefined in ktor (e.g. `/noroute`). I tried your other suggestions, but I've so far been unsuccessful.

The closest I've been able to get is this, but it just returns `index.html` for _everything_ :stuck_out_tongue:

I hoped that the routing would have been smart enough to execute the tailcard last, but this doesn't seem to be the case.

Something a bit like this; <https://github.com/BrewdHQ/sparge>

You could just match for a parameter. Like /{whatever}.

Then just ignore the parameter and just server index.html as a static file via a redirect.