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module.exports = function(app) {
        app.post('/createStation', function(request, response){
            response.redirect('/'); //This doesn't work, why and how to make this work   
           /*var stationDao = require('./server/stationDao.js');
            stationDao.stationDao.createStation(request.body, function(status){
            if(status.status == 'successful'){
                response.redirect('/'); //This is what actually I wanted to do  
Tried using next() as well, 
app.post('/createStation', [function(request, response, next){
        var stationDao = require('./server/stationDao.js');
        stationDao.stationDao.createStation(request.body, function(status){
            if(status.status == 'successful'){
                next();
    }, function abc(request, response){
        console.log('I can see this');
        response.redirect('/'); //This doesn't work still
                Have you tried writing the routine with the normal routing syntax, rather  than using self.routeTable?
– strider
                Nov 10, 2015 at 6:45
                you need to set the statusCode to 302 and pass in the url you want to redirect to on the location header of the response en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTTP_302
– Dayan Moreno Leon
                Nov 10, 2015 at 6:51
                Well, the reason i brought up self.routeTable is that I can't find any official documentation on its use.  Might be worth trying app.post('/createStation',function(req,res){})
– strider
                Nov 10, 2015 at 6:58
On the subject: http://expressjs.com/guide/routing.html#route-handlers
EDIT based on comment:
I've just wrote a really basic server to test what I wrote:
var express = require('express');
var app = express();
app.post('/a', [function(req, res, next) {
  next();
}, function(req, res) {
  res.send('Hello World!');
var server = app.listen(3000, function () { console.log('listening'); });
This works for me, I would encourage you to run that and then curl -X POST http://localhost:3000/a, in my case I correctly got "Hello World!".
If this also works for you try to isolate your problem a bit more by removing some bits and pieces.
                I wasn't expecting that :D well... might be express version then, which one are you using? I used the latest.
– Alberto Zaccagni
                Nov 11, 2015 at 16:33
                Then I'm sorry but can't help you there :D, I just tried again: created /tmp/server.js and run npm install express from /tmp and it worked fine, could you write the curl command you used to test it?
– Alberto Zaccagni
                Nov 11, 2015 at 17:17
        
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