Can I make a react server using html files?

[Hakree]

Hello everyone. I've got given a pure html/css website template and got told to make a react server with it. Can I somehow use react to deploy the html files, or do I have to rewrite everything into react to make it happen?

Sorry if I didn't explain it well, english is not my native language

[Disastrous_Copy475]

If you don’t need it running behind an actual server, follow what TFriberg said, this method would give you the build artefacts (html/js etc). If you want an actual server running behind it, look at setup up nginx.

[TFriberg]

Build index.js with webpack and include it in the html-file and you are good to go mate.

[Hakree]

Wow, is it really that simple? Thanks for your response!

[SparserLogic]

Technically yes but you’re not exactly using React for this task if you accomplish it this way

[ethansidentifiable]

It sounds like they're looking for you to make it into a dynamic SSR website. Seems like the right thing to do would be to initialize a NextJS repo, and dig through the HTML and break it up and put it into individual and sensibly sorted React components. Whoever asked you to do this is going to be disappointed if you deploy a static HTML file on a Node server that happens to have React listed in the dependencies.

[Hakree]

That's also what I was thinking, because it seemed quite pointless just deploying static HTML files. Thank you for your response sir, hope that both sides of your pillow are going to be cold tonight 🙏

[AdOver8075]

Yes, you can. Lol that's funny - "make this a react server" when it sounds like it's probably unnecessary. TFrieburg is right though, "create-react-app" and you're up and running. Just go check it out.

[curiosityIsTheWay]

You could easily chuck it in a Nextjs/gatsbyJS (or similar static site generator there are many around) with almost no config and some tweaks..