Banning by IP and custom 404 page on a project

Coding Help
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Is it possible to replicate the 404 and 403 feature of .htacess in glitch in html of javascript?

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all i will say, any web server defaults to 404.html if file is not found, all i can provide

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Can’t really use .htaccess unless the server runs on apache, but glitch projects run on an nginx server

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Yeah, thats what I heard. Is there a way to IP ban in html or PHP?

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in php yes, but it involves HEAVY amounts of logic, and is painfully slow, so if people are fast enough, they can still access the site

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@random So, I found this out, to make a 404 page type this.

app.get("*", (req, res) => 
CODE HERE!)}
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Cool! How does it work?

PS it is also possible to ban people with express using

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@random Not for sure, but I know it does take 404 request and sends what you put. Basically like a normal path in express.

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yeah, but somebody from @glitch_support recommended it a while a go