not able to redirect to another route file

Question

here is my code the chrome devtools console responded with a 404 error beacuse i think i was trying to route to a route which is in another if so is there a way i can redirect to a route which is in another file?
```js
const mainroute = require('./routes/index.js');
const products = require('./routes/products.js');
app.use('/', mainroute);
app.use('/products', products);
```
```js
const express = require('express');
const router = express.Router();
router.get('/', (res, req)=>{
    res.render('productslist');
});
module.exports = router;
```
js
router.get('/', (req, res)=>{
    res.render('mainpage');
    document.querySelector('#productbutton').addEventListener('click',()=>{
        res.redirect('/products');
    });
});

Rohald van Merode · Accepted Answer

Hey @jason limmm (https://teamtreehouse.com/jasonlimmm) 👋
With only code snippets it's hard to tell for sure why something is or isn't happening. We for example don't have access to the project structure so can't verify that file names and paths are correct. It would therefor be easier to share your code in it's entirety, for example in a workspace 🙂
That being said, the way you've setup your routers seems to be correct at first glance. The only thing that I did notice is that you're trying to use the document object in the "mainpage" route. You'll want to keep in mind that you're working with server side code here. The document object is part of the Web API, which can only be used in client side code. Node.js doesn't have a document object because it doesn't run in a browser. 
Not sure if that is the cause of your issue, but that's the only issue I notice in these snippets 🙂

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not able to redirect to another route file

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