diff --git a/adminSiteServer/apiRouter.ts b/adminSiteServer/apiRouter.ts
index 48ae2b306e..90afc08798 100644
--- a/adminSiteServer/apiRouter.ts
+++ b/adminSiteServer/apiRouter.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,435 @@
 /* eslint @typescript-eslint/no-unused-vars: [ "warn", { argsIgnorePattern: "^(res|req)$" } ] */
 
+import { TaggableType } from "@ourworldindata/types"
+import { DeployQueueServer } from "../baker/DeployQueueServer.js"
+import {
+    updateVariableAnnotations,
+    getChartBulkUpdate,
+    updateBulkChartConfigs,
+    getVariableAnnotations,
+} from "./apiRoutes/bulkUpdates.js"
+import {
+    getChartViews,
+    getChartViewById,
+    createChartView,
+    updateChartView,
+    deleteChartView,
+} from "./apiRoutes/chartViews.js"
+import {
+    getDatasets,
+    getDataset,
+    updateDataset,
+    setArchived,
+    setTags,
+    deleteDataset,
+    republishCharts,
+} from "./apiRoutes/datasets.js"
+import { addExplorerTags, deleteExplorerTags } from "./apiRoutes/explorer.js"
+import {
+    getAllGdocIndexItems,
+    getIndividualGdoc,
+    createOrUpdateGdoc,
+    deleteGdoc,
+    setGdocTags,
+} from "./apiRoutes/gdocs.js"
+import {
+    getImagesHandler,
+    postImageHandler,
+    putImageHandler,
+    patchImageHandler,
+    deleteImageHandler,
+    getImageUsageHandler,
+} from "./apiRoutes/images.js"
+import { handleMultiDimDataPageRequest } from "./apiRoutes/mdims.js"
+import {
+    fetchAllWork,
+    fetchNamespaces,
+    fetchSourceById,
+} from "./apiRoutes/misc.js"
+import {
+    handleGetPostsJson,
+    handleSetTagsForPost,
+    handleGetPostById,
+    handleCreateGdoc,
+    handleUnlinkGdoc,
+} from "./apiRoutes/posts.js"
+import {
+    handleGetSiteRedirects,
+    handlePostNewSiteRedirect,
+    handleDeleteSiteRedirect,
+    handleGetRedirects,
+    handlePostNewChartRedirect,
+    handleDeleteChartRedirect,
+} from "./apiRoutes/redirects.js"
+import { triggerStaticBuild } from "./apiRoutes/routeUtils.js"
+import { suggestGptTopics, suggestGptAltText } from "./apiRoutes/suggest.js"
+import {
+    handleGetFlatTagGraph,
+    handlePostTagGraph,
+} from "./apiRoutes/tagGraph.js"
+import {
+    getTagById,
+    updateTag,
+    createTag,
+    getAllTags,
+    deleteTag,
+} from "./apiRoutes/tags.js"
+import {
+    getUsers,
+    getUserByIdHandler,
+    deleteUser,
+    updateUserHandler,
+    addUser,
+    addImageToUser,
+    removeUserImage,
+} from "./apiRoutes/users.js"
+import {
+    getEditorVariablesJson,
+    getVariableDataJson,
+    getVariableMetadataJson,
+    getVariablesJson,
+    getVariablesUsagesJson,
+    getVariablesGrapherConfigETLPatchConfigJson,
+    getVariablesGrapherConfigAdminPatchConfigJson,
+    getVariablesMergedGrapherConfigJson,
+    getVariablesVariableIdJson,
+    putVariablesVariableIdGrapherConfigETL,
+    deleteVariablesVariableIdGrapherConfigETL,
+    putVariablesVariableIdGrapherConfigAdmin,
+    deleteVariablesVariableIdGrapherConfigAdmin,
+    getVariablesVariableIdChartsJson,
+} from "./apiRoutes/variables.js"
 import { FunctionalRouter } from "./FunctionalRouter.js"
+import {
+    patchRouteWithRWTransaction,
+    getRouteWithROTransaction,
+    postRouteWithRWTransaction,
+    putRouteWithRWTransaction,
+    deleteRouteWithRWTransaction,
+    getRouteNonIdempotentWithRWTransaction,
+} from "./functionalRouterHelpers.js"
+import {
+    getChartsJson,
+    getChartsCsv,
+    getChartConfigJson,
+    getChartParentJson,
+    getChartPatchConfigJson,
+    getChartLogsJson,
+    getChartReferencesJson,
+    getChartRedirectsJson,
+    getChartPageviewsJson,
+    createChart,
+    setChartTagsHandler,
+    updateChart,
+    deleteChart,
+} from "./apiRoutes/charts.js"
 
 const apiRouter = new FunctionalRouter()
+
+// Bulk chart update routes
+patchRouteWithRWTransaction(
+    apiRouter,
+    "/variable-annotations",
+    updateVariableAnnotations
+)
+getRouteWithROTransaction(apiRouter, "/chart-bulk-update", getChartBulkUpdate)
+patchRouteWithRWTransaction(
+    apiRouter,
+    "/chart-bulk-update",
+    updateBulkChartConfigs
+)
+getRouteWithROTransaction(
+    apiRouter,
+    "/variable-annotations",
+    getVariableAnnotations
+)
+
+// Chart routes
+getRouteWithROTransaction(apiRouter, "/charts.json", getChartsJson)
+getRouteWithROTransaction(apiRouter, "/charts.csv", getChartsCsv)
+getRouteWithROTransaction(
+    apiRouter,
+    "/charts/:chartId.config.json",
+    getChartConfigJson
+)
+getRouteWithROTransaction(
+    apiRouter,
+    "/charts/:chartId.parent.json",
+    getChartParentJson
+)
+getRouteWithROTransaction(
+    apiRouter,
+    "/charts/:chartId.patchConfig.json",
+    getChartPatchConfigJson
+)
+getRouteWithROTransaction(
+    apiRouter,
+    "/charts/:chartId.logs.json",
+    getChartLogsJson
+)
+getRouteWithROTransaction(
+    apiRouter,
+    "/charts/:chartId.references.json",
+    getChartReferencesJson
+)
+getRouteWithROTransaction(
+    apiRouter,
+    "/charts/:chartId.redirects.json",
+    getChartRedirectsJson
+)
+getRouteWithROTransaction(
+    apiRouter,
+    "/charts/:chartId.pageviews.json",
+    getChartPageviewsJson
+)
+postRouteWithRWTransaction(apiRouter, "/charts", createChart)
+postRouteWithRWTransaction(
+    apiRouter,
+    "/charts/:chartId/setTags",
+    setChartTagsHandler
+)
+putRouteWithRWTransaction(apiRouter, "/charts/:chartId", updateChart)
+deleteRouteWithRWTransaction(apiRouter, "/charts/:chartId", deleteChart)
+
+// Chart view routes
+getRouteWithROTransaction(apiRouter, "/chartViews", getChartViews)
+getRouteWithROTransaction(apiRouter, "/chartViews/:id", getChartViewById)
+postRouteWithRWTransaction(apiRouter, "/chartViews", createChartView)
+putRouteWithRWTransaction(apiRouter, "/chartViews/:id", updateChartView)
+deleteRouteWithRWTransaction(apiRouter, "/chartViews/:id", deleteChartView)
+
+// Dataset routes
+getRouteWithROTransaction(apiRouter, "/datasets.json", getDatasets)
+getRouteWithROTransaction(apiRouter, "/datasets/:datasetId.json", getDataset)
+putRouteWithRWTransaction(apiRouter, "/datasets/:datasetId", updateDataset)
+postRouteWithRWTransaction(
+    apiRouter,
+    "/datasets/:datasetId/setArchived",
+    setArchived
+)
+postRouteWithRWTransaction(apiRouter, "/datasets/:datasetId/setTags", setTags)
+deleteRouteWithRWTransaction(apiRouter, "/datasets/:datasetId", deleteDataset)
+postRouteWithRWTransaction(
+    apiRouter,
+    "/datasets/:datasetId/charts",
+    republishCharts
+)
+
+// explorer routes
+postRouteWithRWTransaction(apiRouter, "/explorer/:slug/tags", addExplorerTags)
+deleteRouteWithRWTransaction(
+    apiRouter,
+    "/explorer/:slug/tags",
+    deleteExplorerTags
+)
+
+// Gdoc routes
+getRouteWithROTransaction(apiRouter, "/gdocs", getAllGdocIndexItems)
+getRouteNonIdempotentWithRWTransaction(
+    apiRouter,
+    "/gdocs/:id",
+    getIndividualGdoc
+)
+putRouteWithRWTransaction(apiRouter, "/gdocs/:id", createOrUpdateGdoc)
+deleteRouteWithRWTransaction(apiRouter, "/gdocs/:id", deleteGdoc)
+postRouteWithRWTransaction(apiRouter, "/gdocs/:gdocId/setTags", setGdocTags)
+
+// Images routes
+getRouteNonIdempotentWithRWTransaction(
+    apiRouter,
+    "/images.json",
+    getImagesHandler
+)
+postRouteWithRWTransaction(apiRouter, "/images", postImageHandler)
+putRouteWithRWTransaction(apiRouter, "/images/:id", putImageHandler)
+// Update alt text via patch
+patchRouteWithRWTransaction(apiRouter, "/images/:id", patchImageHandler)
+deleteRouteWithRWTransaction(apiRouter, "/images/:id", deleteImageHandler)
+getRouteWithROTransaction(apiRouter, "/images/usage", getImageUsageHandler)
+
+// Mdim routes
+putRouteWithRWTransaction(
+    apiRouter,
+    "/multi-dim/:slug",
+    handleMultiDimDataPageRequest
+)
+
+// Misc routes
+getRouteWithROTransaction(apiRouter, "/all-work", fetchAllWork)
+getRouteWithROTransaction(
+    apiRouter,
+    "/editorData/namespaces.json",
+    fetchNamespaces
+)
+getRouteWithROTransaction(apiRouter, "/sources/:sourceId.json", fetchSourceById)
+
+// Wordpress posts routes
+getRouteWithROTransaction(apiRouter, "/posts.json", handleGetPostsJson)
+postRouteWithRWTransaction(
+    apiRouter,
+    "/posts/:postId/setTags",
+    handleSetTagsForPost
+)
+getRouteWithROTransaction(apiRouter, "/posts/:postId.json", handleGetPostById)
+postRouteWithRWTransaction(
+    apiRouter,
+    "/posts/:postId/createGdoc",
+    handleCreateGdoc
+)
+postRouteWithRWTransaction(
+    apiRouter,
+    "/posts/:postId/unlinkGdoc",
+    handleUnlinkGdoc
+)
+
+// Redirects routes
+getRouteWithROTransaction(
+    apiRouter,
+    "/site-redirects.json",
+    handleGetSiteRedirects
+)
+postRouteWithRWTransaction(
+    apiRouter,
+    "/site-redirects/new",
+    handlePostNewSiteRedirect
+)
+deleteRouteWithRWTransaction(
+    apiRouter,
+    "/site-redirects/:id",
+    handleDeleteSiteRedirect
+)
+getRouteWithROTransaction(apiRouter, "/redirects.json", handleGetRedirects)
+postRouteWithRWTransaction(
+    apiRouter,
+    "/charts/:chartId/redirects/new",
+    handlePostNewChartRedirect
+)
+deleteRouteWithRWTransaction(
+    apiRouter,
+    "/redirects/:id",
+    handleDeleteChartRedirect
+)
+
+// GPT routes
+getRouteWithROTransaction(
+    apiRouter,
+    `/gpt/suggest-topics/${TaggableType.Charts}/:chartId.json`,
+    suggestGptTopics
+)
+getRouteWithROTransaction(
+    apiRouter,
+    `/gpt/suggest-alt-text/:imageId`,
+    suggestGptAltText
+)
+
+// Tag graph routes
+getRouteWithROTransaction(
+    apiRouter,
+    "/flatTagGraph.json",
+    handleGetFlatTagGraph
+)
+postRouteWithRWTransaction(apiRouter, "/tagGraph", handlePostTagGraph)
+getRouteWithROTransaction(apiRouter, "/tags/:tagId.json", getTagById)
+putRouteWithRWTransaction(apiRouter, "/tags/:tagId", updateTag)
+postRouteWithRWTransaction(apiRouter, "/tags/new", createTag)
+getRouteWithROTransaction(apiRouter, "/tags.json", getAllTags)
+deleteRouteWithRWTransaction(apiRouter, "/tags/:tagId/delete", deleteTag)
+
+// User routes
+getRouteWithROTransaction(apiRouter, "/users.json", getUsers)
+getRouteWithROTransaction(apiRouter, "/users/:userId.json", getUserByIdHandler)
+deleteRouteWithRWTransaction(apiRouter, "/users/:userId", deleteUser)
+putRouteWithRWTransaction(apiRouter, "/users/:userId", updateUserHandler)
+postRouteWithRWTransaction(apiRouter, "/users/add", addUser)
+postRouteWithRWTransaction(
+    apiRouter,
+    "/users/:userId/images/:imageId",
+    addImageToUser
+)
+deleteRouteWithRWTransaction(
+    apiRouter,
+    "/users/:userId/images/:imageId",
+    removeUserImage
+)
+
+// Variable routes
+getRouteWithROTransaction(
+    apiRouter,
+    "/editorData/variables.json",
+    getEditorVariablesJson
+)
+getRouteWithROTransaction(
+    apiRouter,
+    "/data/variables/data/:variableStr.json",
+    getVariableDataJson
+)
+getRouteWithROTransaction(
+    apiRouter,
+    "/data/variables/metadata/:variableStr.json",
+    getVariableMetadataJson
+)
+getRouteWithROTransaction(apiRouter, "/variables.json", getVariablesJson)
+getRouteWithROTransaction(
+    apiRouter,
+    "/variables.usages.json",
+    getVariablesUsagesJson
+)
+getRouteWithROTransaction(
+    apiRouter,
+    "/variables/grapherConfigETL/:variableId.patchConfig.json",
+    getVariablesGrapherConfigETLPatchConfigJson
+)
+getRouteWithROTransaction(
+    apiRouter,
+    "/variables/grapherConfigAdmin/:variableId.patchConfig.json",
+    getVariablesGrapherConfigAdminPatchConfigJson
+)
+getRouteWithROTransaction(
+    apiRouter,
+    "/variables/mergedGrapherConfig/:variableId.json",
+    getVariablesMergedGrapherConfigJson
+)
+// Used in VariableEditPage
+getRouteWithROTransaction(
+    apiRouter,
+    "/variables/:variableId.json",
+    getVariablesVariableIdJson
+)
+// inserts a new config or updates an existing one
+putRouteWithRWTransaction(
+    apiRouter,
+    "/variables/:variableId/grapherConfigETL",
+    putVariablesVariableIdGrapherConfigETL
+)
+deleteRouteWithRWTransaction(
+    apiRouter,
+    "/variables/:variableId/grapherConfigETL",
+    deleteVariablesVariableIdGrapherConfigETL
+)
+// inserts a new config or updates an existing one
+putRouteWithRWTransaction(
+    apiRouter,
+    "/variables/:variableId/grapherConfigAdmin",
+    putVariablesVariableIdGrapherConfigAdmin
+)
+deleteRouteWithRWTransaction(
+    apiRouter,
+    "/variables/:variableId/grapherConfigAdmin",
+    deleteVariablesVariableIdGrapherConfigAdmin
+)
+getRouteWithROTransaction(
+    apiRouter,
+    "/variables/:variableId/charts.json",
+    getVariablesVariableIdChartsJson
+)
+
+// Deploy helpers
+apiRouter.get("/deploys.json", async () => ({
+    deploys: await new DeployQueueServer().getDeploys(),
+}))
+
+apiRouter.put("/deploy", async (req, res) => {
+    return triggerStaticBuild(res.locals.user, "Manually triggered deploy")
+})
+
 export { apiRouter }
diff --git a/adminSiteServer/apiRoutes/bulkUpdates.ts b/adminSiteServer/apiRoutes/bulkUpdates.ts
index 364146238c..82aa5b598c 100644
--- a/adminSiteServer/apiRoutes/bulkUpdates.ts
+++ b/adminSiteServer/apiRoutes/bulkUpdates.ts
@@ -22,14 +22,9 @@ import {
     getGrapherConfigsForVariable,
     updateGrapherConfigAdminOfVariable,
 } from "../../db/model/Variable.js"
-import {
-    getRouteWithROTransaction,
-    patchRouteWithRWTransaction,
-} from "../functionalRouterHelpers.js"
 import { saveGrapher } from "./charts.js"
 import * as db from "../../db/db.js"
 import * as lodash from "lodash"
-import { apiRouter } from "../apiRouter.js"
 import { Request } from "../authentication.js"
 import e from "express"
 
@@ -245,22 +240,3 @@ export async function updateVariableAnnotations(
 
     return { success: true }
 }
-
-patchRouteWithRWTransaction(
-    apiRouter,
-    "/variable-annotations",
-    updateVariableAnnotations
-)
-
-getRouteWithROTransaction(apiRouter, "/chart-bulk-update", getChartBulkUpdate)
-
-patchRouteWithRWTransaction(
-    apiRouter,
-    "/chart-bulk-update",
-    updateBulkChartConfigs
-)
-getRouteWithROTransaction(
-    apiRouter,
-    "/variable-annotations",
-    getVariableAnnotations
-)
diff --git a/adminSiteServer/apiRoutes/chartViews.ts b/adminSiteServer/apiRoutes/chartViews.ts
index 4eda8ff3aa..1bb86557bd 100644
--- a/adminSiteServer/apiRoutes/chartViews.ts
+++ b/adminSiteServer/apiRoutes/chartViews.ts
@@ -19,18 +19,11 @@ import { diffGrapherConfigs, mergeGrapherConfigs } from "@ourworldindata/utils"
 import { omit, pick } from "lodash"
 import { ApiChartViewOverview } from "../../adminShared/AdminTypes.js"
 import { expectInt } from "../../serverUtils/serverUtil.js"
-import { apiRouter } from "../apiRouter.js"
 import {
     saveNewChartConfigInDbAndR2,
     updateChartConfigInDbAndR2,
 } from "../chartConfigHelpers.js"
 import { deleteGrapherConfigFromR2ByUUID } from "../chartConfigR2Helpers.js"
-import {
-    getRouteWithROTransaction,
-    postRouteWithRWTransaction,
-    putRouteWithRWTransaction,
-    deleteRouteWithRWTransaction,
-} from "../functionalRouterHelpers.js"
 
 import * as db from "../../db/db.js"
 import { expectChartById } from "./charts.js"
@@ -288,13 +281,3 @@ export async function deleteChartView(
 
     return { success: true }
 }
-
-getRouteWithROTransaction(apiRouter, "/chartViews", getChartViews)
-
-getRouteWithROTransaction(apiRouter, "/chartViews/:id", getChartViewById)
-
-postRouteWithRWTransaction(apiRouter, "/chartViews", createChartView)
-
-putRouteWithRWTransaction(apiRouter, "/chartViews/:id", updateChartView)
-
-deleteRouteWithRWTransaction(apiRouter, "/chartViews/:id", deleteChartView)
diff --git a/adminSiteServer/apiRoutes/charts.ts b/adminSiteServer/apiRoutes/charts.ts
index 0ab2670cdd..2b19a204a8 100644
--- a/adminSiteServer/apiRoutes/charts.ts
+++ b/adminSiteServer/apiRoutes/charts.ts
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@ import {
     BAKED_BASE_URL,
     ADMIN_BASE_URL,
 } from "../../settings/clientSettings.js"
-import { apiRouter } from "../apiRouter.js"
 import {
     retrieveChartConfigFromDbAndSaveToR2,
     updateChartConfigInDbAndR2,
@@ -55,12 +54,6 @@ import {
     deleteGrapherConfigFromR2ByUUID,
     saveGrapherConfigToR2ByUUID,
 } from "../chartConfigR2Helpers.js"
-import {
-    deleteRouteWithRWTransaction,
-    getRouteWithROTransaction,
-    postRouteWithRWTransaction,
-    putRouteWithRWTransaction,
-} from "../functionalRouterHelpers.js"
 import { triggerStaticBuild } from "./routeUtils.js"
 import * as db from "../../db/db.js"
 import { getLogsByChartId } from "../getLogsByChartId.js"
@@ -503,7 +496,7 @@ export async function updateGrapherConfigsInR2(
     }
 }
 
-async function getChartsJson(
+export async function getChartsJson(
     req: Request,
     res: e.Response<any, Record<string, any>>,
     trx: db.KnexReadonlyTransaction
@@ -529,7 +522,7 @@ async function getChartsJson(
     return { charts }
 }
 
-async function getChartsCsv(
+export async function getChartsCsv(
     req: Request,
     res: e.Response<any, Record<string, any>>,
     trx: db.KnexReadonlyTransaction
@@ -589,7 +582,7 @@ async function getChartsCsv(
     return csv
 }
 
-async function getChartConfigJson(
+export async function getChartConfigJson(
     req: Request,
     res: e.Response<any, Record<string, any>>,
     trx: db.KnexReadonlyTransaction
@@ -597,7 +590,7 @@ async function getChartConfigJson(
     return expectChartById(trx, req.params.chartId)
 }
 
-async function getChartParentJson(
+export async function getChartParentJson(
     req: Request,
     res: e.Response<any, Record<string, any>>,
     trx: db.KnexReadonlyTransaction
@@ -615,7 +608,7 @@ async function getChartParentJson(
     })
 }
 
-async function getChartPatchConfigJson(
+export async function getChartPatchConfigJson(
     req: Request,
     res: e.Response<any, Record<string, any>>,
     trx: db.KnexReadonlyTransaction
@@ -625,7 +618,7 @@ async function getChartPatchConfigJson(
     return config
 }
 
-async function getChartLogsJson(
+export async function getChartLogsJson(
     req: Request,
     res: e.Response<any, Record<string, any>>,
     trx: db.KnexReadonlyTransaction
@@ -638,7 +631,7 @@ async function getChartLogsJson(
     }
 }
 
-async function getChartReferencesJson(
+export async function getChartReferencesJson(
     req: Request,
     res: e.Response<any, Record<string, any>>,
     trx: db.KnexReadonlyTransaction
@@ -652,7 +645,7 @@ async function getChartReferencesJson(
     return references
 }
 
-async function getChartRedirectsJson(
+export async function getChartRedirectsJson(
     req: Request,
     res: e.Response<any, Record<string, any>>,
     trx: db.KnexReadonlyTransaction
@@ -665,7 +658,7 @@ async function getChartRedirectsJson(
     }
 }
 
-async function getChartPageviewsJson(
+export async function getChartPageviewsJson(
     req: Request,
     res: e.Response<any, Record<string, any>>,
     trx: db.KnexReadonlyTransaction
@@ -692,7 +685,7 @@ async function getChartPageviewsJson(
     }
 }
 
-async function createChart(
+export async function createChart(
     req: Request,
     res: e.Response<any, Record<string, any>>,
     trx: db.KnexReadWriteTransaction
@@ -715,7 +708,7 @@ async function createChart(
     }
 }
 
-async function setChartTagsHandler(
+export async function setChartTagsHandler(
     req: Request,
     res: e.Response<any, Record<string, any>>,
     trx: db.KnexReadWriteTransaction
@@ -727,7 +720,7 @@ async function setChartTagsHandler(
     return { success: true }
 }
 
-async function updateChart(
+export async function updateChart(
     req: Request,
     res: e.Response<any, Record<string, any>>,
     trx: db.KnexReadWriteTransaction
@@ -762,7 +755,7 @@ async function updateChart(
     }
 }
 
-async function deleteChart(
+export async function deleteChart(
     req: Request,
     res: e.Response<any, Record<string, any>>,
     trx: db.KnexReadWriteTransaction
@@ -814,49 +807,3 @@ async function deleteChart(
 
     return { success: true }
 }
-
-getRouteWithROTransaction(apiRouter, "/charts.json", getChartsJson)
-getRouteWithROTransaction(apiRouter, "/charts.csv", getChartsCsv)
-getRouteWithROTransaction(
-    apiRouter,
-    "/charts/:chartId.config.json",
-    getChartConfigJson
-)
-getRouteWithROTransaction(
-    apiRouter,
-    "/charts/:chartId.parent.json",
-    getChartParentJson
-)
-getRouteWithROTransaction(
-    apiRouter,
-    "/charts/:chartId.patchConfig.json",
-    getChartPatchConfigJson
-)
-getRouteWithROTransaction(
-    apiRouter,
-    "/charts/:chartId.logs.json",
-    getChartLogsJson
-)
-getRouteWithROTransaction(
-    apiRouter,
-    "/charts/:chartId.references.json",
-    getChartReferencesJson
-)
-getRouteWithROTransaction(
-    apiRouter,
-    "/charts/:chartId.redirects.json",
-    getChartRedirectsJson
-)
-getRouteWithROTransaction(
-    apiRouter,
-    "/charts/:chartId.pageviews.json",
-    getChartPageviewsJson
-)
-postRouteWithRWTransaction(apiRouter, "/charts", createChart)
-postRouteWithRWTransaction(
-    apiRouter,
-    "/charts/:chartId/setTags",
-    setChartTagsHandler
-)
-putRouteWithRWTransaction(apiRouter, "/charts/:chartId", updateChart)
-deleteRouteWithRWTransaction(apiRouter, "/charts/:chartId", deleteChart)
diff --git a/adminSiteServer/apiRoutes/datasets.ts b/adminSiteServer/apiRoutes/datasets.ts
index d6bac477a2..fb490bc42e 100644
--- a/adminSiteServer/apiRoutes/datasets.ts
+++ b/adminSiteServer/apiRoutes/datasets.ts
@@ -14,13 +14,6 @@ import {
 import { getDatasetById, setTagsForDataset } from "../../db/model/Dataset.js"
 import { logErrorAndMaybeSendToBugsnag } from "../../serverUtils/errorLog.js"
 import { expectInt } from "../../serverUtils/serverUtil.js"
-import { apiRouter } from "../apiRouter.js"
-import {
-    getRouteWithROTransaction,
-    putRouteWithRWTransaction,
-    postRouteWithRWTransaction,
-    deleteRouteWithRWTransaction,
-} from "../functionalRouterHelpers.js"
 import {
     syncDatasetToGitRepo,
     removeDatasetFromGitRepo,
@@ -413,19 +406,3 @@ export async function republishCharts(
 
     return { success: true }
 }
-
-getRouteWithROTransaction(apiRouter, "/datasets.json", getDatasets)
-getRouteWithROTransaction(apiRouter, "/datasets/:datasetId.json", getDataset)
-putRouteWithRWTransaction(apiRouter, "/datasets/:datasetId", updateDataset)
-postRouteWithRWTransaction(
-    apiRouter,
-    "/datasets/:datasetId/setArchived",
-    setArchived
-)
-postRouteWithRWTransaction(apiRouter, "/datasets/:datasetId/setTags", setTags)
-deleteRouteWithRWTransaction(apiRouter, "/datasets/:datasetId", deleteDataset)
-postRouteWithRWTransaction(
-    apiRouter,
-    "/datasets/:datasetId/charts",
-    republishCharts
-)
diff --git a/adminSiteServer/apiRoutes/explorer.ts b/adminSiteServer/apiRoutes/explorer.ts
index f0228fafff..44b9caf630 100644
--- a/adminSiteServer/apiRoutes/explorer.ts
+++ b/adminSiteServer/apiRoutes/explorer.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,4 @@
 import { JsonError } from "@ourworldindata/types"
-import { apiRouter } from "../apiRouter.js"
-import {
-    postRouteWithRWTransaction,
-    deleteRouteWithRWTransaction,
-} from "../functionalRouterHelpers.js"
 import { Request } from "express"
 import * as e from "express"
 
@@ -36,11 +31,3 @@ export async function deleteExplorerTags(
     await trx.table("explorer_tags").where({ explorerSlug: slug }).delete()
     return { success: true }
 }
-
-postRouteWithRWTransaction(apiRouter, "/explorer/:slug/tags", addExplorerTags)
-
-deleteRouteWithRWTransaction(
-    apiRouter,
-    "/explorer/:slug/tags",
-    deleteExplorerTags
-)
diff --git a/adminSiteServer/apiRoutes/gdocs.ts b/adminSiteServer/apiRoutes/gdocs.ts
index ed96cb2417..fbeb412e0d 100644
--- a/adminSiteServer/apiRoutes/gdocs.ts
+++ b/adminSiteServer/apiRoutes/gdocs.ts
@@ -42,14 +42,6 @@ import {
 } from "../../db/model/Gdoc/GdocFactory.js"
 import { GdocHomepage } from "../../db/model/Gdoc/GdocHomepage.js"
 import { GdocPost } from "../../db/model/Gdoc/GdocPost.js"
-import { apiRouter } from "../apiRouter.js"
-import {
-    getRouteWithROTransaction,
-    getRouteNonIdempotentWithRWTransaction,
-    putRouteWithRWTransaction,
-    deleteRouteWithRWTransaction,
-    postRouteWithRWTransaction,
-} from "../functionalRouterHelpers.js"
 import { triggerStaticBuild, enqueueLightningChange } from "./routeUtils.js"
 import * as db from "../../db/db.js"
 import * as lodash from "lodash"
@@ -295,17 +287,3 @@ export async function setGdocTags(
 
     return { success: true }
 }
-
-getRouteWithROTransaction(apiRouter, "/gdocs", getAllGdocIndexItems)
-
-getRouteNonIdempotentWithRWTransaction(
-    apiRouter,
-    "/gdocs/:id",
-    getIndividualGdoc
-)
-
-putRouteWithRWTransaction(apiRouter, "/gdocs/:id", createOrUpdateGdoc)
-
-deleteRouteWithRWTransaction(apiRouter, "/gdocs/:id", deleteGdoc)
-
-postRouteWithRWTransaction(apiRouter, "/gdocs/:gdocId/setTags", setGdocTags)
diff --git a/adminSiteServer/apiRoutes/images.ts b/adminSiteServer/apiRoutes/images.ts
index 481415858f..63b55e5b05 100644
--- a/adminSiteServer/apiRoutes/images.ts
+++ b/adminSiteServer/apiRoutes/images.ts
@@ -1,14 +1,5 @@
 import { DbEnrichedImage, JsonError } from "@ourworldindata/types"
 import pMap from "p-map"
-import { apiRouter } from "../apiRouter.js"
-import {
-    getRouteNonIdempotentWithRWTransaction,
-    postRouteWithRWTransaction,
-    putRouteWithRWTransaction,
-    patchRouteWithRWTransaction,
-    deleteRouteWithRWTransaction,
-    getRouteWithROTransaction,
-} from "../functionalRouterHelpers.js"
 import {
     validateImagePayload,
     processImageContent,
@@ -268,20 +259,3 @@ export async function getImageUsageHandler(
         usage,
     }
 }
-
-getRouteNonIdempotentWithRWTransaction(
-    apiRouter,
-    "/images.json",
-    getImagesHandler
-)
-
-postRouteWithRWTransaction(apiRouter, "/images", postImageHandler)
-
-putRouteWithRWTransaction(apiRouter, "/images/:id", putImageHandler)
-
-// Update alt text via patch
-patchRouteWithRWTransaction(apiRouter, "/images/:id", patchImageHandler)
-
-deleteRouteWithRWTransaction(apiRouter, "/images/:id", deleteImageHandler)
-
-getRouteWithROTransaction(apiRouter, "/images/usage", getImageUsageHandler)
diff --git a/adminSiteServer/apiRoutes/mdims.ts b/adminSiteServer/apiRoutes/mdims.ts
index 34a05595d2..39ec7ab35c 100644
--- a/adminSiteServer/apiRoutes/mdims.ts
+++ b/adminSiteServer/apiRoutes/mdims.ts
@@ -35,9 +35,3 @@ export async function handleMultiDimDataPageRequest(
     }
     return { success: true, id }
 }
-
-putRouteWithRWTransaction(
-    apiRouter,
-    "/multi-dim/:slug",
-    handleMultiDimDataPageRequest
-)
diff --git a/adminSiteServer/apiRoutes/misc.ts b/adminSiteServer/apiRoutes/misc.ts
index a5ade731c0..a056c177aa 100644
--- a/adminSiteServer/apiRoutes/misc.ts
+++ b/adminSiteServer/apiRoutes/misc.ts
@@ -4,15 +4,11 @@
 // [.secondary] section of the {.research-and-writing} block of author pages
 
 import { DbRawPostGdoc, JsonError } from "@ourworldindata/types"
-import { apiRouter } from "../apiRouter.js"
-import { getRouteWithROTransaction } from "../functionalRouterHelpers.js"
 
 import * as db from "../../db/db.js"
 import * as lodash from "lodash"
 import path from "path"
-import { DeployQueueServer } from "../../baker/DeployQueueServer.js"
 import { expectInt } from "../../serverUtils/serverUtil.js"
-import { triggerStaticBuild } from "./routeUtils.js"
 import { Request } from "../authentication.js"
 import e from "express"
 // using the alternate template, which highlights topics rather than articles.
@@ -179,19 +175,3 @@ export async function fetchSourceById(
 
     return { source: source }
 }
-
-apiRouter.get("/deploys.json", async () => ({
-    deploys: await new DeployQueueServer().getDeploys(),
-}))
-
-apiRouter.put("/deploy", async (req, res) => {
-    return triggerStaticBuild(res.locals.user, "Manually triggered deploy")
-})
-
-getRouteWithROTransaction(apiRouter, "/all-work", fetchAllWork)
-getRouteWithROTransaction(
-    apiRouter,
-    "/editorData/namespaces.json",
-    fetchNamespaces
-)
-getRouteWithROTransaction(apiRouter, "/sources/:sourceId.json", fetchSourceById)
diff --git a/adminSiteServer/apiRoutes/posts.ts b/adminSiteServer/apiRoutes/posts.ts
index efd31d99db..f34714fc30 100644
--- a/adminSiteServer/apiRoutes/posts.ts
+++ b/adminSiteServer/apiRoutes/posts.ts
@@ -13,11 +13,6 @@ import { upsertGdoc, setTagsForGdoc } from "../../db/model/Gdoc/GdocFactory.js"
 import { GdocPost } from "../../db/model/Gdoc/GdocPost.js"
 import { setTagsForPost, getTagsByPostId } from "../../db/model/Post.js"
 import { expectInt } from "../../serverUtils/serverUtil.js"
-import { apiRouter } from "../apiRouter.js"
-import {
-    getRouteWithROTransaction,
-    postRouteWithRWTransaction,
-} from "../functionalRouterHelpers.js"
 import * as db from "../../db/db.js"
 import { Request } from "../authentication.js"
 import e from "express"
@@ -218,25 +213,3 @@ export async function handleUnlinkGdoc(
 
     return { success: true }
 }
-
-getRouteWithROTransaction(apiRouter, "/posts.json", handleGetPostsJson)
-
-postRouteWithRWTransaction(
-    apiRouter,
-    "/posts/:postId/setTags",
-    handleSetTagsForPost
-)
-
-getRouteWithROTransaction(apiRouter, "/posts/:postId.json", handleGetPostById)
-
-postRouteWithRWTransaction(
-    apiRouter,
-    "/posts/:postId/createGdoc",
-    handleCreateGdoc
-)
-
-postRouteWithRWTransaction(
-    apiRouter,
-    "/posts/:postId/unlinkGdoc",
-    handleUnlinkGdoc
-)
diff --git a/adminSiteServer/apiRoutes/redirects.ts b/adminSiteServer/apiRoutes/redirects.ts
index 00f8971b07..44452fe026 100644
--- a/adminSiteServer/apiRoutes/redirects.ts
+++ b/adminSiteServer/apiRoutes/redirects.ts
@@ -6,12 +6,6 @@ import {
     getRedirectById,
 } from "../../db/model/Redirect.js"
 import { expectInt } from "../../serverUtils/serverUtil.js"
-import { apiRouter } from "../apiRouter.js"
-import {
-    getRouteWithROTransaction,
-    postRouteWithRWTransaction,
-    deleteRouteWithRWTransaction,
-} from "../functionalRouterHelpers.js"
 import { triggerStaticBuild } from "./routeUtils.js"
 import * as db from "../../db/db.js"
 import { Request } from "../authentication.js"
@@ -151,35 +145,3 @@ export async function handleDeleteChartRedirect(
 
     return { success: true }
 }
-
-getRouteWithROTransaction(
-    apiRouter,
-    "/site-redirects.json",
-    handleGetSiteRedirects
-)
-
-postRouteWithRWTransaction(
-    apiRouter,
-    "/site-redirects/new",
-    handlePostNewSiteRedirect
-)
-
-deleteRouteWithRWTransaction(
-    apiRouter,
-    "/site-redirects/:id",
-    handleDeleteSiteRedirect
-)
-
-getRouteWithROTransaction(apiRouter, "/redirects.json", handleGetRedirects)
-
-postRouteWithRWTransaction(
-    apiRouter,
-    "/charts/:chartId/redirects/new",
-    handlePostNewChartRedirect
-)
-
-deleteRouteWithRWTransaction(
-    apiRouter,
-    "/redirects/:id",
-    handleDeleteChartRedirect
-)
diff --git a/adminSiteServer/apiRoutes/routeUtils.ts b/adminSiteServer/apiRoutes/routeUtils.ts
index c9a8bbc908..0e647f290c 100644
--- a/adminSiteServer/apiRoutes/routeUtils.ts
+++ b/adminSiteServer/apiRoutes/routeUtils.ts
@@ -1,13 +1,6 @@
 import { DbPlainUser } from "@ourworldindata/types"
 import { DeployQueueServer } from "../../baker/DeployQueueServer.js"
 import { BAKE_ON_CHANGE } from "../../settings/serverSettings.js"
-import { References } from "../../adminSiteClient/AbstractChartEditor.js"
-import { ChartViewMinimalInformation } from "../../adminSiteClient/ChartEditor.js"
-import * as db from "../../db/db.js"
-import {
-    getWordpressPostReferencesByChartId,
-    getGdocsPostReferencesByChartId,
-} from "../../db/model/Post.js"
 
 // Call this to trigger build and deployment of static charts on change
 export const triggerStaticBuild = async (
diff --git a/adminSiteServer/apiRoutes/suggest.ts b/adminSiteServer/apiRoutes/suggest.ts
index 657d0b6b1f..4a294d4328 100644
--- a/adminSiteServer/apiRoutes/suggest.ts
+++ b/adminSiteServer/apiRoutes/suggest.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import {
-    TaggableType,
     DbChartTagJoin,
     JsonError,
     DbEnrichedImage,
@@ -7,8 +6,6 @@ import {
 import { parseIntOrUndefined } from "@ourworldindata/utils"
 import { getGptTopicSuggestions } from "../../db/model/Chart.js"
 import { CLOUDFLARE_IMAGES_URL } from "../../settings/clientSettings.js"
-import { apiRouter } from "../apiRouter.js"
-import { getRouteWithROTransaction } from "../functionalRouterHelpers.js"
 import { fetchGptGeneratedAltText } from "../imagesHelpers.js"
 import * as db from "../../db/db.js"
 import e from "express"
@@ -65,15 +62,3 @@ export async function suggestGptAltText(
 
     return { success: true, altText }
 }
-
-getRouteWithROTransaction(
-    apiRouter,
-    `/gpt/suggest-topics/${TaggableType.Charts}/:chartId.json`,
-    suggestGptTopics
-)
-
-getRouteWithROTransaction(
-    apiRouter,
-    `/gpt/suggest-alt-text/:imageId`,
-    suggestGptAltText
-)
diff --git a/adminSiteServer/apiRoutes/tagGraph.ts b/adminSiteServer/apiRoutes/tagGraph.ts
index f4dfc8b7b2..bafeec6d51 100644
--- a/adminSiteServer/apiRoutes/tagGraph.ts
+++ b/adminSiteServer/apiRoutes/tagGraph.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,5 @@
 import { JsonError, FlatTagGraph } from "@ourworldindata/types"
 import { checkIsPlainObjectWithGuard } from "@ourworldindata/utils"
-import { apiRouter } from "../apiRouter.js"
-import {
-    getRouteWithROTransaction,
-    postRouteWithRWTransaction,
-} from "../functionalRouterHelpers.js"
 import * as db from "../../db/db.js"
 import * as lodash from "lodash"
 import { Request } from "../authentication.js"
@@ -65,11 +60,3 @@ export async function handlePostTagGraph(
     await db.updateTagGraph(trx, tagGraph)
     res.send({ success: true })
 }
-
-getRouteWithROTransaction(
-    apiRouter,
-    "/flatTagGraph.json",
-    handleGetFlatTagGraph
-)
-
-postRouteWithRWTransaction(apiRouter, "/tagGraph", handlePostTagGraph)
diff --git a/adminSiteServer/apiRoutes/tags.ts b/adminSiteServer/apiRoutes/tags.ts
index 578209cfe2..40bec68cec 100644
--- a/adminSiteServer/apiRoutes/tags.ts
+++ b/adminSiteServer/apiRoutes/tags.ts
@@ -12,13 +12,6 @@ import {
 } from "../../db/model/Chart.js"
 import { expectInt } from "../../serverUtils/serverUtil.js"
 import { UNCATEGORIZED_TAG_ID } from "../../settings/serverSettings.js"
-import { apiRouter } from "../apiRouter.js"
-import {
-    getRouteWithROTransaction,
-    putRouteWithRWTransaction,
-    postRouteWithRWTransaction,
-    deleteRouteWithRWTransaction,
-} from "../functionalRouterHelpers.js"
 import * as db from "../../db/db.js"
 import * as lodash from "lodash"
 import e from "express"
@@ -266,9 +259,3 @@ export async function deleteTag(
 
     return { success: true }
 }
-
-getRouteWithROTransaction(apiRouter, "/tags/:tagId.json", getTagById)
-putRouteWithRWTransaction(apiRouter, "/tags/:tagId", updateTag)
-postRouteWithRWTransaction(apiRouter, "/tags/new", createTag)
-getRouteWithROTransaction(apiRouter, "/tags.json", getAllTags)
-deleteRouteWithRWTransaction(apiRouter, "/tags/:tagId/delete", deleteTag)
diff --git a/adminSiteServer/apiRoutes/users.ts b/adminSiteServer/apiRoutes/users.ts
index ea2016608e..e232fd15a3 100644
--- a/adminSiteServer/apiRoutes/users.ts
+++ b/adminSiteServer/apiRoutes/users.ts
@@ -3,13 +3,6 @@ import { parseIntOrUndefined } from "@ourworldindata/utils"
 import { pick } from "lodash"
 import { getUserById, updateUser, insertUser } from "../../db/model/User.js"
 import { expectInt } from "../../serverUtils/serverUtil.js"
-import { apiRouter } from "../apiRouter.js"
-import {
-    getRouteWithROTransaction,
-    deleteRouteWithRWTransaction,
-    putRouteWithRWTransaction,
-    postRouteWithRWTransaction,
-} from "../functionalRouterHelpers.js"
 import * as db from "../../db/db.js"
 import { Request } from "../authentication.js"
 import e from "express"
@@ -120,25 +113,3 @@ export async function removeUserImage(
     await trx("images").where({ id: imageId, userId }).update({ userId: null })
     return { success: true }
 }
-
-getRouteWithROTransaction(apiRouter, "/users.json", getUsers)
-
-getRouteWithROTransaction(apiRouter, "/users/:userId.json", getUserByIdHandler)
-
-deleteRouteWithRWTransaction(apiRouter, "/users/:userId", deleteUser)
-
-putRouteWithRWTransaction(apiRouter, "/users/:userId", updateUserHandler)
-
-postRouteWithRWTransaction(apiRouter, "/users/add", addUser)
-
-postRouteWithRWTransaction(
-    apiRouter,
-    "/users/:userId/images/:imageId",
-    addImageToUser
-)
-
-deleteRouteWithRWTransaction(
-    apiRouter,
-    "/users/:userId/images/:imageId",
-    removeUserImage
-)
diff --git a/adminSiteServer/apiRoutes/variables.ts b/adminSiteServer/apiRoutes/variables.ts
index f8f21a65ab..d8f21c20ed 100644
--- a/adminSiteServer/apiRoutes/variables.ts
+++ b/adminSiteServer/apiRoutes/variables.ts
@@ -26,12 +26,6 @@ import {
     updateGrapherConfigETLOfVariable,
 } from "../../db/model/Variable.js"
 import { DATA_API_URL } from "../../settings/clientSettings.js"
-import { apiRouter } from "../apiRouter.js"
-import {
-    deleteRouteWithRWTransaction,
-    getRouteWithROTransaction,
-    putRouteWithRWTransaction,
-} from "../functionalRouterHelpers.js"
 import * as db from "../../db/db.js"
 import {
     getParentVariableIdFromChartConfig,
@@ -546,86 +540,3 @@ export async function getVariablesVariableIdChartsJson(
         isPublished: chart.isPublished,
     }))
 }
-
-getRouteWithROTransaction(
-    apiRouter,
-    "/editorData/variables.json",
-    getEditorVariablesJson
-)
-
-getRouteWithROTransaction(
-    apiRouter,
-    "/data/variables/data/:variableStr.json",
-    getVariableDataJson
-)
-
-getRouteWithROTransaction(
-    apiRouter,
-    "/data/variables/metadata/:variableStr.json",
-    getVariableMetadataJson
-)
-
-getRouteWithROTransaction(apiRouter, "/variables.json", getVariablesJson)
-
-getRouteWithROTransaction(
-    apiRouter,
-    "/variables.usages.json",
-    getVariablesUsagesJson
-)
-
-getRouteWithROTransaction(
-    apiRouter,
-    "/variables/grapherConfigETL/:variableId.patchConfig.json",
-    getVariablesGrapherConfigETLPatchConfigJson
-)
-
-getRouteWithROTransaction(
-    apiRouter,
-    "/variables/grapherConfigAdmin/:variableId.patchConfig.json",
-    getVariablesGrapherConfigAdminPatchConfigJson
-)
-
-getRouteWithROTransaction(
-    apiRouter,
-    "/variables/mergedGrapherConfig/:variableId.json",
-    getVariablesMergedGrapherConfigJson
-)
-
-// Used in VariableEditPage
-getRouteWithROTransaction(
-    apiRouter,
-    "/variables/:variableId.json",
-    getVariablesVariableIdJson
-)
-
-// inserts a new config or updates an existing one
-putRouteWithRWTransaction(
-    apiRouter,
-    "/variables/:variableId/grapherConfigETL",
-    putVariablesVariableIdGrapherConfigETL
-)
-
-deleteRouteWithRWTransaction(
-    apiRouter,
-    "/variables/:variableId/grapherConfigETL",
-    deleteVariablesVariableIdGrapherConfigETL
-)
-
-// inserts a new config or updates an existing one
-putRouteWithRWTransaction(
-    apiRouter,
-    "/variables/:variableId/grapherConfigAdmin",
-    putVariablesVariableIdGrapherConfigAdmin
-)
-
-deleteRouteWithRWTransaction(
-    apiRouter,
-    "/variables/:variableId/grapherConfigAdmin",
-    deleteVariablesVariableIdGrapherConfigAdmin
-)
-
-getRouteWithROTransaction(
-    apiRouter,
-    "/variables/:variableId/charts.json",
-    getVariablesVariableIdChartsJson
-)