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angels7
angels7

Reputation: 153

How to import object to another file?

I'm using Node.js to build a web application.

I have two files. Server.js - where I call the server to go online etc. And the other one is a file which includes a big object with data. I imported the file with data into server.js, I get the object in postman when I set the website to be live. But I can't dive inside the object to get the data inside the object. The error I'm getting says that the variable where my data is stored is not defined.

I think the fix is to import albumsData variable into server.js, but im completely stuck and can't find how to do it. If anyone has any idea, please share.

albumsData.js

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

let albumsData = {
filled with data
}

router.get('/albumData', (req, res) => {
    res.send(albumsData);
});

module.exports = router;

Server.js

app.use(require('./api/albumData/unikkatilData'))

app.use((req, res) => {
  res.status(404)
    .send(albumsData)
});

app.listen(4000, () => {
  console.log('hello worldd')
})

Upvotes: 4

Views: 13838

Answers (2)

Ludolfyn
Ludolfyn

Reputation: 2075

If you want the albumsData object then you can do it like this:

In you albumsData.js file:

const albumsData = {
    // Bunch of data
}

module.exports = albumsData

Then in your server.js file:

const albumData = require('./api/albumsData') // Make sure this path points directly to the albumsData.js file

Upvotes: 9

A.Abdelhak
A.Abdelhak

Reputation: 140

move enter code here to new file (ex utils.js) and export it exports.albumsData = albumsData; then you can call it with const utils = require('./utils') ; utils.albumsData

Upvotes: 1

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