Node Express 404 even when routes are defined

Question

Node Express 404 even when routes are defined

I believe this will be hard to trouble shoot without me giving more information.

But, I have the following set up in a small modular setup:

//index.js aka the server

...
// set views path, template engine and default layout
app.set('views', './app/views');
app.set('view engine', 'jade');

var routes = require('./app/routes')
....

//routes.js

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

// Include the controllers
var home = require('../controllers/home');

// GET home page
router.get('/', home.home);
router.get('/home', home.home);

module.exports = router;

//controllers/home.js

module.exports = {
    home: function (req, res) {
        res.render('index', {
            title: 'Home Page'
        });
    }
};

Then navigating to / returns:

Cannot GET /

I started node as of 2 hours ago... so... I suck basically :)

javascript
node.js
express

Answer 1

So I think your problem is you never connect your index.js app express instance to the router you define in routes.js. In index.js, append a line after you require routes:

app.use(routes);

Now the main express instance will include the routes defined in routes.js when routing requests through the middleware stack and you should be up and running.