How to separate routes on Node.js and Express 4?
express, node.js, router
Solution
As far as separating routes from main file is concerned..
Server.js
//include the routes file
var routes = require('./routes/route');
var users = require('./routes/users');
var someapi = require('./routes/1/someapi');
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app.use('/', routes);
app.use('/users', users);
app.use('/1/someapi', someapi);
routes/route.js
//last line - try this
module.exports = router;
Also for new project you can try on command line
express project_name
You will need express-generator for that
Problem
I want to separate Routes from my server.js file. I am following this tutorial on Scotch.io http://scotch.io/tutorials/javascript/build-a-restful-api-using-node-and-express-4 It is working if all lines are on server.js file. But I am failing to separate. How can I make this work? server.js ``` // set up ====================================================================== var express = require('express'); var app = express(); var bodyParser = require('body-parser'); // configuration =============================================================== app.use(bodyParser()); var port = process.env.PORT || 8000; var mongoose = require('mongoose'); var database = require('./config/database'); mongoose.connect(database.url); var Video = require('./app/models/video'); // routes ======================================================================= app.use('/api', require('./app/routes/routes').router); // listen (start app with node server.js) ====================================== app.listen(port); console.log("ready captain, on deck" + port); module.exports = app; ``` And the app/routes/routes.js ``` var express = require('express'); var router = express.Router(); router.use(function(req, res, next) { console.log('Something is happening.'); next(); }); router.get('/', function(req, res) { res.json({ message: 'hooray! welcome to our rest video api!' }); }); router.route('/videos') .post(function(req, res) { var video = new Video(); video.title = req.body.title; video.save(function(err) { if (err) res.send(err); res.json({ message: 'Video criado!' }); }); }) .get(function(req, res) { Video.find(function(err, videos) { if (err) res.send(err); res.json(videos); }); }); module.exports.router = router; ```