json-server doesn't run custom route example from README.md

[ruimaciel]

I've tried to run the custom route example included in the project's README.md (see here), but unfortunately json-server throws an error.

I'm running json-server v0.14.2.

Here's the document (api.json):

{
	"/api/*": "/$1",
	"/:resource/:id/show": "/:resource/:id",
	"/posts/:category": "/posts?category=:category",
	"/articles\\?id=:id": "/posts/:id"
}

Here's the output:

rmam:test $ json-server --watch api.json 
^K
  \{^_^}/ hi!

  Loading api.json
  Done
Error: Oops, found / character in database property '/api/*'.

/ aren't supported, if you want to tweak default routes, see
https://github.com/typicode/json-server/#add-custom-routes
    at validateKey (/usr/lib/node_modules/json-server/lib/server/router/validate-data.js:8:11)
    at Array.forEach (<anonymous>)
    at module.exports.obj (/usr/lib/node_modules/json-server/lib/server/router/validate-data.js:14:22)
    at Object.module.exports [as router] (/usr/lib/node_modules/json-server/lib/server/router/index.js:44:3)
    at createApp (/usr/lib/node_modules/json-server/lib/cli/run.js:50:27)
    at load.then.db (/usr/lib/node_modules/json-server/lib/cli/run.js:132:13)

[jacobuk]

Shouldn't it be
json-server --watch db.json --routes api.json

[b4dnewz]

@ruimaciel you are using it wrong, there's nothing wrong with the example
can you close this issue since it is a user error?