How can I export the files that I created to my app.js

Question

I'm structuring my code to become more readable and maintainable at the same time.

here is my GET.articles and my INSERT.articles is just the same with this.

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

router.get('/sample', (req, res) => {
    res.send("Nice")
})

module.exports = router;

my index.js

const GET_articles = require('./GET.articles');
const INSERT_articles = require('./INSERT.articles');


exports { GET_articles, INSERT_articles}

and I import it like this:

app.use('/example', require('./routes/articles_controller/index'));

This is my error:

SyntaxError: Unexpected token export

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 02 '19 at 10:05

Look at your first block of code:

module.exports = router;

Do that.

Change:

exports { GET_articles, INSERT_articles}

to

module.exports = { GET_articles, INSERT_articles}

If you want to use import and export then see this question.

Then note that a plain object isn't something you can just use.

You should use the routers and not the object containing them.

const routers = require('./routes/articles_controller/index');
app.use('/example', routers.GET_articles);
app.use('/example', routers.INSERT_articles);

score -1 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 02 '19 at 10:16

app.js file

const express = require('express');
const router = express.Router();
const exampleRoute = require('./routes/articles_controller/index');
var app = express();
 app.use('/', router)

app.use('/example', router, exampleRoute);

router.get('/sample', (req, res) => {
    res.send("Nice")
})

app.listen(3000, ()=>{
    console.log("Listening on port 3000")
})

route file

const GET_articles = require('./GET.articles');
const INSERT_articles = require('./INSERT.articles');
module.exports = [GET_articles, INSERT_articles]

GET articles files

module.exports = function getArticle (req, res) {
    //Logic as required goes here
    res.send("Content to be rendered")
}

How can I export the files that I created to my app.js

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