what is the use of 'app.resource' in node js express

Question

for example :

var Resource = app.resource = restful.model('resource', mongoose.Schema({ title: String, year: Number, })) .methods(['get', 'post', 'put', 'delete']);

Answer 1

The app.resource() method returns a new Resource object, which can be used to further map pathnames, nest resources, and more.

The details of the same can be found here: Express-resource