# Node js file separate

**URL:** <https://forum.codewithmosh.com/t/node-js-file-separate/9242>\
**Category:** Node\
**Created:** [December 17, 2021, 12:04am UTC](https://forum.codewithmosh.com/t/node-js-file-separate/9242 "2021-12-17T00:04:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![eyona](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/46a35a/32.png) [@eyona](https://forum.codewithmosh.com/u/eyona)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2021, 12:04am UTC](https://forum.codewithmosh.com/t/node-js-file-separate/9242/1 "2021-12-17T00:04:39Z")

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I have an error while running my index.js file after separating the code to files.  
**This is my index.js file:**  
const express = require(‘express’);

const app = express();

const Joi = require(‘joi’);

const genres = require(’./routes/genres’);

const home = require(’./routes/home’);

app.use(express.json());

app.use(’/api/genres’, genres);

app.use(’/api/home’, home);

const port = process.env.PORT || 3000;

app.listen(port, () =\> console.log(`you are listedning to port ${port}`));

**This is my genres.js file:**  
const express = require(‘express’);  
const router = express.Router();

const genres = [  
{id: 1, name: ‘comedy’},  
{id: 2, name: ‘drama’},  
{id: 3, name: ‘fear’},  
];

router.get(’/’, (req,res) =\> {  
res.send(genres);  
});

router.get(’/:id’, (req,res) =\> {  
const genre = genres.find(g =\> g.id === parseInt(req.params.id));  
if(!genre){  
res.status(404).send(‘this movie was not found’);  
return;  
}  
res.send(genre);

});

router.post(’/’, (req,res) =\> {

```
      const {error} = validateGenre(req.body);
      if(error){ 
                res.status(400).send(error.details[0].message) 
                return;
      }

      const newGenre = {
                id: genres.length + 1, 
                name: req.body.name
      };
      genres.push(newGenre);
      res.send(newGenre);

```

});

router.put(’/:id’,(req,res) =\>{

```
      const genre = genres.find(g => g.id === parseInt(req.params.id));
      if(!genre) return res.status(404).send('this movie genre was not found');
      
      const {error} = validateGenre(req.body);
      if(error) return res.status(400).send(error.details[0].message) 

      genre.name = req.body.name;
      res.send(genre);

```

});

function validateGenre(genre){  
const schema = {  
name: Joi.string().min(3).required()  
};  
return Joi.validate(genre,schema);  
};

module.exports = router;  
When I’m running ‘node index.js’ it says it did not recognize the genres model:

 ![Screen Shot 2021-12-17 at 1.59.32](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/codewithmosh/original/2X/1/1d3e3c8ac46df8034d75904a0457390bda70c598.png)

Any suggestions? 🙂