Stream default image insteed of redirecting

apps/api/src/images/images.controller.ts

@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ import { Controller, Get, Header, NotFoundException, Param, Redirect, Res } from
 import { ApiTags } from '@nestjs/swagger';
 import { Response } from 'express';
 import { ImagesService } from './images.service';
+import { createReadStream } from 'node:fs';
+import { join } from 'node:path';
 
 const ONE_DAY = 24 * 60 * 60;
 const CACHE_TIME = 30 * ONE_DAY;
@@ -13,8 +15,10 @@ export class ImagesController {
 
 	@Get('default')
 	@Header('Cache-Control', `public, max-age=${CACHE_TIME}`)
-	@Redirect('/public/default.png', 302)
-	getDefault() {}
+	getDefault(@Res() res: Response) {
+		const file = createReadStream(join(process.cwd(), '/src/assets/default.png'));
+		file.pipe(res);
+	}
 
 	@Get(':key')
 	@Header('Cache-Control', `public, max-age=${CACHE_TIME}`)

apps/api/src/main.ts

@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ import RedisStore from 'connect-redis';
 import { json } from 'express';
 import * as session from 'express-session';
 import * as passport from 'passport';
-import { join } from 'path';
 import { AppModule } from './app.module';
 import Utils from './helpers/utils';
 import redisClient from './redis/connect';
@@ -16,10 +15,6 @@ async function bootstrapNestApp() {
 	const app = await NestFactory.create<NestExpressApplication>(AppModule);
 
 	configureNestApp(app);
-
-	// Serve public folder (not frontend)
-	app.useStaticAssets(join(__dirname, '../..', 'public'), { prefix: '/public/' });
-
 	setupSwagger(app);
 
 	await app.listen(3000);