express route example

Example 1: express hello world

//to run : node filename.js
const express = require('express')
const app = express()
const port = 3000

app.get('/', (req, res) => res.send('Hello World!'))

app.listen(port, () => console.log(`Example app listening at http://localhost:${port}`))

//visit localhost:3000
// assuming you have done 1) npm init 2) npm install express

Example 2: Basic Routing Express.js

app.get('/', function (req, res) {
  res.send('Hello World!')
})

Example 3: express basic routing syntax

app.METHOD(PATH, HANDLER)

Example 4: express() vs express.router()

var express = require('express');

var router = express.Router();

router.get('/', function(req, res) {
    res.send('GET handler for /dogs route.');
});

router.post('/', function(req, res) {
    res.send('POST handler for /dogs route.');
});

module.exports = router;