simple-server-render.js

import express from 'express'
import routes from './routes';
import { render, build } from 'react-universal-starter';

const app = express();

const handler = build(async (req, res) => {

  try {
    const html = await render(routes);

    res.send(html);
  } catch (error) {
    res.json(error);
  }
})

app.get('/*', handler)