server.js

const fs = require('fs')
const path = require('path')
const express = require('express')
const resolve = file => path.resolve(__dirname, file)
const { createBundleRenderer } = require('vue-server-renderer')

const isProd = process.env.NODE_ENV === 'production'

const serverInfo =
  `express/${require('express/package.json').version} ` + 
  `vue-server-renderer/${require('vue-server-renderer/package.json').version} `

const app = express()

function createRenderer(bundle, options) {
  return createBundleRenderer(bundle, Object.assign(options, {
    // this is only needed when vue-server-renderer is npm-linked
    basedir: resolve('./dist'),
    // recommended for performance
    runInNewContext: false
  }))
}

let renderer
let readyPromise
const templatePath = resolve('./src/index.template.html')

if(isProd) {
  // In production: create server renderer using template and built server bundle.
  // The server bundle is generated by vue-ssr-webpack-plugin.
  const template = fs.readFileSync(templatePath, 'utf-8')
  const bundle = require('./dist/vue-ssr-server-bundle.json')
  // The client manifest are optional, but it allows the renderer
  // to automatically infer preload/prefetch links and directly add <script>
  // tags for any async chunks used during render, avoiding waterfall requests.
  const clientManifest = require('./dist/vue-ssr-client-manifest.json')
  renderer = createRenderer(bundle, {
    template,
    clientManifest
  })
} else {
  // In development: setup the dev server with watch and hot-reload,
  // and create a new renderer on bundle / index template update.
  readyPromise = require('./build/setup-dev-server')(
    app,
    templatePath,
    (bundle, options) => {
      renderer = createRenderer(bundle, options)
    }
  )
}

const serve = (path, cache) => express.static(resolve(path), {
  maxAge: cache && isProd ? 1000 * 60 * 60 * 24 *30 : 0
})

app.use('/dist', serve('./dist', true))
app.use('/public', serve('./public', true))
app.use('/manifest.json', serve('./manifest.json', true))

function render(req, res) {
  const s = Date.now()

  res.setHeader("Content-Type", "text/html")
  res.setHeader("Server", serverInfo)

  const handleError = err => {
    if(err.url) {
      res.redirect(err.url)
    } else if(err.code === 404) {
      res.status(404).send('404 | Page Not Found')
    } else {
      // Render Error Page or Redirect
      res.status(500).send('500 | Internal Server Error')
      console.error(`error during render : ${req.url}`)
      console.error(err.stack)
    } 
  }

  const context = {
    title: 'My Vue SSR Title',  // default title
    meta: `
      <meta name="theme-color" content="#4285f4">
    `,
    url: req.url
  }
  renderer.renderToString(context, (err, html) => {
    if(err) {
      return handleError(err)
    }
    res.send(html)
    if(!isProd) {
      console.log(`whole request: ${Date.now() - s} ms`)
    }
  })
}

app.get('*', isProd ? render : (req, res) => {
  readyPromise.then(() => render(req, res))
})

// const port = process.env.PORT || 8888
// app.listen(port, () => {
//   console.log(`server started at localhost:${port}`)
// })

app.set('port', process.env.PORT || 8888)
let hostname = '0.0.0.0'
app.listen(app.get('port'), hostname, () => {
  console.log(`Server running at http://${hostname}:${app.get('port')}`)
})