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Drilldoge
Drilldoge

Reputation: 93

Page renders using router.use but gives a 'Cannot GET. error with router.get

I am new to javascript and node.js I am learning online and trying to create a cms using node.js, express and sqlite. Before going to details I will give you guys my directory structure.

app.js is where the server is created and defaultRoutes are for routes. When I run 

    //code in defaultRoutes.js
     const express = require('express');
     const router = express.Router();

     router.use((req,res) => {
     res.render('default/index');
     });

     module.exports = router;

and

    //code in app.js
    //Routes
     const defaultRoutes = require('./routes/defaultRoutes');
     app.use(defaultRoutes);

the page renders but when I change the router.use in defaultRoutes to router.get the browser throws cannot GET error.

Can anyone explain why this is happening?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 124

Answers (1)

Nathan Fries
Nathan Fries

Reputation: 1524

You need to define a route when using router.get(). router.use() can work for any route, but to define a route with router.get() you can add the route like this:

//code in defaultRoutes.js
const express = require('express');
const router = express.Router();

router.get('/', (req,res) => {
res.render('default/index');
});

module.exports = router;

Upvotes: 1

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