How to separate routes on Node.js and Express 4?

Another way to separate routes into their own files with Express 4.0:

server.js

var routes = require('./routes/routes');
app.use('/', routes);

routes.js

module.exports = (function() {
    'use strict';
    var router = require('express').Router();

    router.get('/', function(req, res) {
        res.json({'foo':'bar'});
    });

    return router;
})();

As far as separating routes from main file is concerned..

Server.js

//include the routes file
var routes = require('./routes/route');
var users = require('./routes/users');
var someapi = require('./routes/1/someapi');

////////
app.use('/', routes);
app.use('/users', users);
app.use('/1/someapi', someapi);

routes/route.js

//last line - try this
module.exports = router;

Also for new project you can try on command line

express project_name

You will need express-generator for that

Server.js

var express = require('express');
var app = express();

app.use(express.static('public'));

//Routes
app.use(require('./routes'));  //http://127.0.0.1:8000/    http://127.0.0.1:8000/about

//app.use("/user",require('./routes'));  //http://127.0.0.1:8000/user  http://127.0.0.1:8000/user/about


var server = app.listen(8000, function () {

  var host = server.address().address
  var port = server.address().port

  console.log("Example app listening at http://%s:%s", host, port)

})

routes.js

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

//Middle ware that is specific to this router
router.use(function timeLog(req, res, next) {
  console.log('Time: ', Date.now());
  next();
});


// Define the home page route
router.get('/', function(req, res) {
  res.send('home page');
});

// Define the about route
router.get('/about', function(req, res) {
  res.send('About us');
});


module.exports = router;

*In routs.js you should define Middle ware

ref http://wiki.workassis.com/nodejs-express-separate-routes/

One way to separate routes into their own file.

SERVER.JS

var routes = require('./app/routes/routes');  //module you want to include
var app=express();
routes(app);   //routes shall use Express

ROUTES.JS

module.exports=function(app) {
 //place your routes in here..
 app.post('/api/..., function(req, res) {.....}   //example
}