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Hanik
Hanik

Reputation: 327

nodejs require is not a function to js file

I want to make a little chat app for learning and I created many js files which for separate like modular but I got some error.

this is my boot.js file

var app = require('express')();
var http = require('http').Server(app);
var io = require('socket.io')(http);

var admin = io.of('/app'),
    client = io.of('');

module.exports.app = app;
module.exports.http = http;
module.exports.io = io;

this is my routes.js file

module.exports = {
    start: function(app) {
        app.get('/', function(req, res) {
            res.sendFile(__dirname + '/index.html');
        });
    }
};

this is my chat.js

var boot = require('./boot');

require('./routes')(boot.app).start();

http.listen(3000, function(){
  console.log('listening on *:3000');
});

when i run the node i got this error

require('./routes')(boot.app).start();
                   ^
TypeError: require(...) is not a function

how could I use the variables which in the boot.js to other js files?

help me please.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 310

Answers (1)

Arpit Solanki
Arpit Solanki

Reputation: 9931

You are making a small mistake here. Below is the correct one.

require('./routes').start(boot.app);

routes module exports an object where you can call start and use that function.

Upvotes: 2

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