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# Module Routes Files

A module can also include one or more custom routing files in order to take advantage of our routing DSL and also have better separation as they will be stored outside of the module configuration object. You do this by giving the path to the custom file to include in your routes structure:

```javascript
routes = [
  "config/routes"
];
```

This will look for a `routes.cfm` template in your module's `config` folder and load it. Please note that you do not need to specify a `.cfm` if you don't want to. You can load as many route files as you like.

## ColdBox 5 Router

If you want to use the ColdBox 5 `Router.cfc` inside your module you can simply place the `Router.cfc` inside the `config` folder and it will load by convention.


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