404 when attempting rooting with param on Express - node.js

Question

i get 404 error when rooting with param , whereas all other rootings defined on my rootes/users.js file work perfectly , for example i get the desire result when i call :
localhost:3000/users/users .
but get 404 when i call localhost:3000/users/users/12315454 which should correspond to the rooter /users:user_id in my users.js (you can find it below)
var express = require('express');
var router = express.Router();
var User = require('../models/user');
router.route('/users:user_id')
.get(function(req, res) {
console.log("attempting user");
User.findById(req.params.user_id, function(err, place) {
if (err)
res.send(err);
res.json(place);
});
})
.put(function(req, res) {
console.log("attempting to update user");
User.findById(req.params.user_id, function(err, place) {
if (err)
res.send(err);
user.username = req.body.name;
user.visitedPlaces = req.body.visitedPlaces;
user.likedItems = req.body.likedItems;
//user.local.email= req.body.email;
user.save(function(err) {
if (err)
res.send(err);
res.json({ message: 'user updated!' });
});
});
})
.delete(function(req, res) {
User.remove({
_id: req.params.user_id
}, function(err, bear) {
if (err)
res.send(err);
res.json({ message: 'Successfully deleted' });
});
});
router.route('/users')
// get all the users (accessed at GET http://localhost:8080/api/users)
.get(function(req, res) {
User.find(function(err, places) {
if (err)
res.send(err);
res.json(places);
});
});
router.route('/adduser')
.post(function(req, res) {
var user = new User();
user.password = user.generateHash (req.body.password); // set the users name (comes from the request)
user.username = req.body.username;
console.log(req.body)
console.log("user name :"+req.body.username);
user.save(function(err) {
if (err)
res.send(err);
res.json({ message: 'user created!' });
});
});
module.exports = router;
my app.js config
var express = require('express');
var path = require('path');
var favicon = require('static-favicon');
var logger = require('morgan');
var cookieParser = require('cookie-parser');
var bodyParser = require('body-parser');
var session = require('express-session');
var passport = require('passport');
var FacebookStrategy = require('passport-facebook').Strategy;
var mongo = require('mongoskin');
var mongoose = require('mongoose');
var configDB = require('./config/database.js');
var port = process.env.PORT || 3030;
var router = express.Router();
// configuration ===============================================================
mongoose.connect(configDB.url); // connect to our database
//Facebook app credentials
var FACEBOOK_APP_ID = '******09';
var FACEBOOK_APP_SECRET = '9a*******3';
//app secret for dev = 9adfcaa6d7989d8adc12852badcf69f3
// app ifd for dev = 492502667544609
var app = express();
app.use(express.static(path.join(__dirname, 'public')));
app.use(express.static(path.join(__dirname, 'app')));
//var routes = require('./routes/index');
require('./config/passport')(passport); // pass passport for configuration
var users = require('./routes/users');
var places = require('./routes/places');
// view engine setup
app.set('views', path.join(__dirname, 'views'));
app.set('view engine', 'jade');
// set up our express application
app.use(logger('dev')); // log every request to the console
app.use(cookieParser()); // read cookies (needed for auth)
app.use(bodyParser()); // get information from html forms
// required for passport
app.use(session({ secret: 'ilovescotchscotchyscotchscotch' })); // session secret
app.use(passport.initialize());
app.use(passport.session());
app.use(favicon());
//app.use(flash()); // use connect-flash for flash messages stored in session
// Make our db accessible to our router WARNING THIS MUST BE PUT before the rooting stuff above
app.use('/api', router);
app.use('/places', places);
app.use('/users', users);
// routes ======================================================================
require('./routes/routes.js')(app, passport); // load our routes and pass in our app and fully configured passport
app.get('/', function(req, res, next) {
res.sendfile('./app/index.html');
});
/// catch 404 and forwarding to error handler
app.use(function(req, res, next) {
var err = new Error('Not Found');
err.status = 404;
next(err);
});
/// error handlers
// development error handler
// will print stacktrace
if (app.get('env') === 'development') {
app.use(function(err, req, res, next) {
res.status(err.status || 500);
res.render('error', {
message: err.message,
error: err
});
});
}
// production error handler
// no stacktraces leaked to user
app.use(function(err, req, res, next) {
res.status(err.status || 500);
res.render('error', {
message: err.message,
error: {}
});
});
// test authentication
function ensureAuthenticated(req, res, next) {
if (req.isAuthenticated()) { console.log("is authenticated");
return next(); }
console.log("not authenticated");
res.redirect('/')
}
// launch ======================================================================
console.log('The magic happens on port ' + port)
module.exports = app;

Answer 1

Add a slash in your route, between the users and :user_id:
router.route('/users/:user_id')
^---------here