Merge branch 'develop' into feature/COMP-152-EC-PROJECTS-TABLE

compendium_v2/routes/default.py

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ Default Endpoints
 
 """
 import pkg_resources
-from flask import Blueprint, jsonify, render_template
+from flask import Blueprint, jsonify, render_template, Response
 
 from compendium_v2.routes import common
 
@@ -45,6 +45,13 @@ def after_request(resp):
 @routes.route('/', defaults={'path': ''}, methods=['GET'])
 @routes.route('/<path:path>', methods=['GET'])
 def index(path):
+    is_api = path.startswith('api')
+
+    if is_api:
+        # return 404 for API requests that don't match a route
+        return Response(status=404, mimetype='application/json', response='{"error": "Not Found"}')
+
+    # fallback to serving the SPA through index.html for all other requests
     # https://flask.palletsprojects.com/en/2.0.x/patterns/singlepageapplications/
     return render_template('index.html')