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JavaScript User Authentication With Express and Mongo User Registration Adding Data to the Database

chris ingvartsen
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chris ingvartsen
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Posted by chris ingvartsen
chris ingvartsen
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Best practice for CRUD requests with Express on large applications?

Hi, in this tutorial series all the CRUD's are happening in index.js in the routes folder. I imagine this file getting really large if i were to create a social media with a lot of post requests for example.

Would I still write all the CRUD operations in the index.js file? Or split them up somehow? Would love some intake on this! :D

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Samuel Ferree
Samuel Ferree
31,722 Points
Samuel Ferree
Samuel Ferree
31,722 Points

Look into the Express router.

You can define CRUD operations for a specific model (in MVC this is what's known as a Controller) and then add that entire router to your app in the index.js.

For example:

Create a router file named birds.js in the app directory, with the following content:

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

// middleware 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('Birds home page')
})
// define the about route
router.get('/about', function (req, res) {
  res.send('About birds')
})

module.exports = router

Then, load the router module in the app:

var birds = require('./birds')

// ...

app.use('/birds', birds)