After organizing all my route code into separate files, I've noticed that my route resolution is inconsistent. Here's a basic example -
Code in my app.js file
const express = require('express');
const app = express();
var dataLoader = require('./routes/dataLoader');
app.all( '/api/load', dataLoader);
Content of my dataLoader.js file
const express = require('express');
const router = express.Router();
router.get('/api/load', (req, res) => {
res.send('Hello Loader...');
});
router.get('/api/load/bob', (req, res) => {
res.send('Hello Loader - Bob...');
});
router.get('/api/load/jim', (req, res) => {
res.send('Hello Loader - Jim...');
});
module.exports = router;
While /api/load works fine, trying to access /api/load/jim or /api/load/bob results in:
Cannot GET /api/load/jim (or Cannot GET /api/load/bob, respectively)
I used app.all() instead of app.use() to resolve the main path "/api/load" because I encountered issues with it initially. Although using all seemed to solve that problem, now I am unsure.
"engines": { "node": "^8.9.1" }, "dependencies": { "bluebird": "^3.5.1", "body-parser": "^1.15.1", "express": "^4.13.4", "mongoose": "4.9.8" } Any suggestions?