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hitwill
hitwill

Reputation: 625

Node.js use express.js from separate javascript files

I have two separate files that need to use express.js to render html

file1.js has code:

var express = require('express');
var app = express();
app.get('/foo/bar1', (req, res) => res.json(['bar1'])

Can I do the same for file2.js, with a different endpoint?

var express = require('express');
var app = express();
app.get('/foo/bar2', (req, res) => res.json(['bar2'])

Or would this cause issues with express?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 113

Answers (1)

felixmosh
felixmosh

Reputation: 35483

You not suppose to initiate express twice, what you can do is put the endpoints handlers in a separate files, the import it them, and use the functions...

Something like that:

// file1.js
modules.exports = function handler1(req, res) {
  //do stuff here
}


// file2.js
modules.exports = function handler2(req, res) {
  //do stuff here
}


// app.js
const express = require('express');
const handler1 = require('./file1');
const handler2 = require('./file2');

const app = express();

app.get('/foo/bar1', handler1);
app.get('/foo/bar2', handler2);

Upvotes: 1

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