Express: How to pass app-instance to routes from a different file?

Question

I want to split up my routes into different files, where one file contains all routes and the other one the corresponding actions. I currently have a solution to achieve thi

Answer 1

Use req.app, req.app.get('somekey')

The application variable created by calling express() is set on the request and response objects.

See: https://github.com/visionmedia/express/blob/76147c78a15904d4e4e469095a29d1bec9775ab6/lib/express.js#L34-L35