Using service methods for feathers-sequelize (Unexpected token < in JSON)

Question

It looks like I am missing something in my setup. I'm getting a vague and general error as I attempt to retrieve a resource with

api.service('listings').find()

The same counts for finding users

The error is:

Unexpected token < in JSON

I can't find out whether somewhere I'm not parsing or whether the service methods themselves are not available yet. Starting the server with DEBUG=feathers* npm start doesn't give me much clues. I am able to login and receive post requests using curl though. What am I missing?

This is part of my Api class:

class API {
  constructor() {
    this.app = feathers()
      .configure(feathers.hooks())
      .configure(feathers.rest().fetch(fetch))
  }

  service(serviceName) {
    return this.app.service(serviceName)
  }

This is part of my app.js:

app.use(compress())
  .use(bodyParser.json())
  .use(bodyParser.urlencoded({ extended: true }))

Are the service methods always available after scaffolding a REST app? For the apps where I used sockets they were instantly available I believe. Does fetch (or something similar) do this for me? Or should I define everything myself e.g. like so:

const service = require('feathers-sequelize')

const myService = {
  find(params [, callback]) {},
  get(id, params [, callback]) {},
  create(data, params [, callback]) {},
  update(id, data, params [, callback]) {},
  patch(id, data, params [, callback]) {},
  remove(id, params [, callback]) {},
  setup(app, path) {}
}

app.use('/listings', myService)

Help would be greatly appreciated!

Answer 1

I was doing

.get('*', function(req, res) { 
  sendFile(path.join(__dirname, '../index.html')) 
}) 

before I was configuring services and middleware with .configure(services) and .configure(middleware). That's not right. The order should be reversed.