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

If you want to pass an app-instance to others in Node-Typescript :

Option 1: With the help of import (when importing)

//routes.ts
import { Application } from "express";
import { categoryRoute } from './routes/admin/category.route'
import { courseRoute } from './routes/admin/course.route';

const routing = (app: Application) => {
    app.use('/api/admin/category', categoryRoute)
    app.use('/api/admin/course', courseRoute)
}
export { routing }

Then import it and pass app:

import express, { Application } from 'express';

const app: Application = express();
import('./routes').then(m => m.routing(app))

Option 2: With the help of class

// index.ts
import express, { Application } from 'express';
import { Routes } from './routes';


const app: Application = express();
const rotues = new Routes(app)
...

Here we will access the app in the constructor of Routes Class

// routes.ts
import { Application } from 'express'
import { categoryRoute } from '../routes/admin/category.route'
import { courseRoute } from '../routes/admin/course.route';

class Routes {
    constructor(private app: Application) {
        this.apply();
    }

    private apply(): void {
       this.app.use('/api/admin/category', categoryRoute)
       this.app.use('/api/admin/course', courseRoute)
    }
}

export { Routes }