fix: Default HTML pages for password reset, email verification not found (#10041)

spec/PagesRouter.spec.js

@@ -225,9 +225,7 @@ describe('Pages Router', () => {
         expect(Config.get(Parse.applicationId).pages.forceRedirect).toBe(
           Definitions.PagesOptions.forceRedirect.default
         );
-        expect(Config.get(Parse.applicationId).pages.pagesPath).toBe(
+        expect(Config.get(Parse.applicationId).pages.pagesPath).toBeUndefined();
-          Definitions.PagesOptions.pagesPath.default
-        );
         expect(Config.get(Parse.applicationId).pages.pagesEndpoint).toBe(
           Definitions.PagesOptions.pagesEndpoint.default
         );
@@ -1236,6 +1234,36 @@ describe('Pages Router', () => {
     });
   });
 
+  describe('pagesPath resolution', () => {
+    it('should serve pages when current working directory differs from module directory', async () => {
+      const originalCwd = process.cwd();
+      const os = require('os');
+      process.chdir(os.tmpdir());
+
+      try {
+        await reconfigureServer({
+          appId: 'test',
+          appName: 'exampleAppname',
+          publicServerURL: 'http://localhost:8378/1',
+          pages: { enableRouter: true },
+        });
+
+        // Request the password reset page with an invalid token;
+        // even with an invalid token, the server should serve the
+        // "invalid link" page (200), not a 404. A 404 indicates the
+        // HTML template files could not be found because pagesPath
+        // resolved to the wrong directory.
+        const response = await request({
+          url: 'http://localhost:8378/1/apps/test/request_password_reset?token=invalidToken',
+        }).catch(e => e);
+        expect(response.status).toBe(200);
+        expect(response.text).toContain('Invalid password reset link');
+      } finally {
+        process.chdir(originalCwd);
+      }
+    });
+  });
+
   describe('XSS Protection', () => {
     beforeEach(async () => {
       await reconfigureServer({

src/Config.js

@@ -326,9 +326,7 @@ export class Config {
     } else if (!isBoolean(pages.forceRedirect)) {
       throw 'Parse Server option pages.forceRedirect must be a boolean.';
     }
-    if (pages.pagesPath === undefined) {
+    if (pages.pagesPath !== undefined && !isString(pages.pagesPath)) {
-      pages.pagesPath = PagesOptions.pagesPath.default;
-    } else if (!isString(pages.pagesPath)) {
       throw 'Parse Server option pages.pagesPath must be a string.';
     }
     if (pages.pagesEndpoint === undefined) {

src/Options/Definitions.js

@@ -772,8 +772,7 @@ module.exports.PagesOptions = {
   pagesPath: {
     env: 'PARSE_SERVER_PAGES_PAGES_PATH',
     help:
-      "The path to the pages directory; this also defines where the static endpoint '/apps' points to. Default is the './public/' directory.",
+      "The path to the pages directory; this also defines where the static endpoint '/apps' points to. Default is the './public/' directory of the parse-server module.",
-    default: './public',
   },
   placeholders: {
     env: 'PARSE_SERVER_PAGES_PLACEHOLDERS',

src/Options/docs.js

@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@
  * @property {String} localizationFallbackLocale The fallback locale for localization if no matching translation is provided for the given locale. This is only relevant when providing translation resources via JSON file.
  * @property {String} localizationJsonPath The path to the JSON file for localization; the translations will be used to fill template placeholders according to the locale.
  * @property {String} pagesEndpoint The API endpoint for the pages. Default is 'apps'.
- * @property {String} pagesPath The path to the pages directory; this also defines where the static endpoint '/apps' points to. Default is the './public/' directory.
+ * @property {String} pagesPath The path to the pages directory; this also defines where the static endpoint '/apps' points to. Default is the './public/' directory of the parse-server module.
  * @property {Object} placeholders The placeholder keys and values which will be filled in pages; this can be a simple object or a callback function.
  */
 

src/Options/index.js

@@ -437,8 +437,7 @@ export interface PagesOptions {
   /* Is true if responses should always be redirects and never content, false if the response type should depend on the request type (GET request -> content response; POST request -> redirect response).
   :DEFAULT: false */
   forceRedirect: ?boolean;
-  /* The path to the pages directory; this also defines where the static endpoint '/apps' points to. Default is the './public/' directory.
+  /* The path to the pages directory; this also defines where the static endpoint '/apps' points to. Default is the './public/' directory of the parse-server module. */
-  :DEFAULT: ./public */
   pagesPath: ?string;
   /* The API endpoint for the pages. Default is 'apps'.
   :DEFAULT: apps */