express api using one index.js that points to many route files

[Tito]

Greetings,

I want to use one index file that is called from my main app.js

routes = require('./routes')(app);

The index.js in that routes folder calls

module.exports = function(app) {

require('./virtualmachines')(app);

require('./hardwares')(app);

};

but only api calls from virtualmachines are coming with results when I do

curl localhost:8080/api/virtualmachines

What am I missing here. Why only the first route loads?

Thanks much!

[Zlatko Đurić]

What do you do in those files with the app?

[Arnaud Deman]

Hi Tito,

If what you want to do is to organize your routes in several files, say one per URI you could try something like this:

In your files virtuamachines.js and  hardware.js

var express = require('express');
var router = express.Router();

var routes = {
 get: function(req, res, next) {
                (....)
 }
 //... post, put, delete, etc.
}

router.get('/:name/', routes.get);

router.post('/', routes.post);
...

module.exports = {routes: routes, router: router};

And then in index.js

var express = require('express');
var virtualmachines = require('./routes/virtualmachines').router;
var hardwares = require('./routes/hardwares').router;

app.use('/virtualmachines/', virtualmachines);
app.use('/hardwares/', hardwares);

Regards,

Arnaud.

[Tito]

hey Zlato, great question! :) nothing I guess which I think gives me a hint as to what I need to do

Thanks!

[Tito]

thanks a lot!

[Tito]

Hello

This is what I Was looking for

https://github.com/DanWahlin/express-convention-routes

So that when I plug in a new service folder it is aware and picks that without me having to specify a new entry everytime I have a new api endpoint

THanks!

[Arnaud Deman]

Hi Tito,

Interesting, thanks or sharing.

Arnaud.