How to fix routes in node js not working? - node.js

Question

Anyone can help me I am new to node js and I am stuck with this error it return 404 not found when I am trying to visit http://localhost:5000/api/items on my postman..
this is the file items.js
const express = require('express');
const router = express.Router();
//Items Model
const Item = require('../../models/Item');
router.get('/', (req, res) => {
Item.find()
.sort({date: -1})
.then(items => res.json(items))
});
router.post('/', (req, res) => {
const newItem = new Item({
name: req.body.name
});
newItem.save().then(item => res.json(item));
});
module.exports = router;
this is the server.js file
const express = require('express');
const mongoose = require('mongoose');
const app = express();
app.use(express.json());
const items = require('./routes/api/items');
const db = require('./config/keys').mongoURI;
mongoose.connect(db, {useUnifiedTopology: true, useNewUrlParser: true, useCreateIndex: true })
.then(() => console.log('connected to mongo'))
.catch(err => console.log(err));
app.use('api/items', items);
const port = process.env.PORT || 5000;
app.listen(port, () => console.log(`port started ${port}`));

Answer 1

add a '/' before pathname in server.js
app.use('/api/items', items);
localhost:5000/api/items should work then

Answer 2

You need to make the following changes to your server.js
import your router module
const express = require('express');
const mongoose = require('mongoose');
const router = require('path of the router module');
const app = express();
app.use(express.json());
app.use(router); //to use your router
const items = require('./routes/api/items');
const db = require('./config/keys').mongoURI;
mongoose.connect(db, {useUnifiedTopology: true, useNewUrlParser: true, useCreateIndex: true })
.then(() => console.log('connected to mongo'))
.catch(err => console.log(err));
app.use('/api/items', items);
const port = process.env.PORT || 5000;
app.listen(port, () => console.log(`port started ${port}`));
Try this:-
As I can see in the image of "vscode"
you have used router.get("/")
whereas in postman you are using URL for GET request as localhost:5000/api/items.
Either change your backend code to router.get("/api/items") or correct your postman request to localhost:5000/