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JavaScript Build a REST API With Express Building API Routes in Express Create an Express App

Trino Mitra
Trino Mitra
11,165 Points
Posted by Trino Mitra
Trino Mitra
11,165 Points

IS "module.exports = require('./lib/express');" valid? It was prewritten in the index.js file.

Following the same steps as the video, the preloaded file looked like

'use strict';

module.exports = require('./lib/express');

1 Answer

Michael Hulet
Michael Hulet
47,913 Points
Michael Hulet
Michael Hulet
47,913 Points

Yes, that should be valid JavaScript, assuming there's a file called "express.js" at the path /lib/ relative to the directory that file is in. What that command would do is go get all the things in (this file's path)/lib/express.js, and then it would tell JavaScript "Hey, when someone else asks for the code in this file using the require function, give them all of this code"