diff --git a/api/main.go b/api/main.go
index f58c65b0f4..15010ee8ea 100644
--- a/api/main.go
+++ b/api/main.go
@@ -22,40 +22,17 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/apisix/manager-api/conf"
-	"github.com/apisix/manager-api/filter"
 	"github.com/apisix/manager-api/log"
 	"github.com/apisix/manager-api/route"
-	"github.com/gin-contrib/pprof"
-	"github.com/gin-gonic/gin"
 )
 
 var logger = log.GetLogger()
 
-func setUpRouter() *gin.Engine {
-	if conf.ENV != conf.LOCAL && conf.ENV != conf.BETA {
-		gin.SetMode(gin.DebugMode)
-	} else {
-		gin.SetMode(gin.ReleaseMode)
-	}
-	r := gin.New()
-
-	r.Use(filter.CORS(), filter.RequestId(), filter.RequestLogHandler(), filter.RecoverHandler())
-	route.AppendHealthCheck(r)
-	route.AppendRoute(r)
-	route.AppendSsl(r)
-	route.AppendPlugin(r)
-	route.AppendUpstream(r)
-
-	pprof.Register(r)
-
-	return r
-}
-
 func main() {
 	// init
 	conf.InitializeMysql()
 	// routes
-	r := setUpRouter()
+	r := route.SetUpRouter()
 	addr := fmt.Sprintf(":%d", conf.ServerPort)
 	s := &http.Server{
 		Addr:         addr,
diff --git a/api/route/base.go b/api/route/base.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..51dd90b8fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/route/base.go
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+ * the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package route
+
+import (
+	"github.com/gin-contrib/pprof"
+	"github.com/gin-gonic/gin"
+
+	"github.com/apisix/manager-api/conf"
+	"github.com/apisix/manager-api/filter"
+)
+
+func SetUpRouter() *gin.Engine {
+	if conf.ENV != conf.LOCAL && conf.ENV != conf.BETA {
+		gin.SetMode(gin.DebugMode)
+	} else {
+		gin.SetMode(gin.ReleaseMode)
+	}
+	r := gin.New()
+
+	r.Use(filter.CORS(), filter.RequestId(), filter.RequestLogHandler(), filter.RecoverHandler())
+
+	AppendHealthCheck(r)
+	AppendRoute(r)
+	AppendSsl(r)
+	AppendPlugin(r)
+	AppendUpstream(r)
+	AppendConsumer(r)
+
+	pprof.Register(r)
+
+	return r
+}
diff --git a/api/route/base_test.go b/api/route/base_test.go
index 7135db0c78..3e3a09621a 100644
--- a/api/route/base_test.go
+++ b/api/route/base_test.go
@@ -18,16 +18,13 @@ package route
 
 import (
 	"github.com/api7/apitest"
-	"github.com/gin-gonic/gin"
 
 	"github.com/apisix/manager-api/conf"
-	"github.com/apisix/manager-api/filter"
 )
 
 var handler *apitest.APITest
 
 var (
-	r         = gin.New()
 	uriPrefix = "/apisix/admin"
 )
 
@@ -35,18 +32,7 @@ func init() {
 	//init mysql connect
 	conf.InitializeMysql()
 
-	//filters
-	r.Use(
-		filter.CORS(),
-		filter.RequestId(),
-		filter.RequestLogHandler(),
-		filter.RecoverHandler())
+	r := SetUpRouter()
 
-	handler = apitest.New().
-		Handler(AppendHealthCheck(r)).
-		Handler(AppendRoute(r)).
-		Handler(AppendSsl(r)).
-		Handler(AppendPlugin(r)).
-		Handler(AppendConsumer(r)).
-		Handler(AppendUpstream(r))
+	handler = apitest.New().Handler(r)
 }