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req.route Property in Express.js
The req.route property contains the recently matched route in a string format.
Syntax
req.route
Example 1
Create a file with the name "reqRoute.js" and copy the following code snippet. After creating the file, use the command "node reqRoute.js" to run this code as shown in the example below −
// req.route Property Demo Example
// Importing the express module
var express = require('express');
// Initializing the express and port number
var app = express();
// Initializing the router from express
var router = express.Router();
var PORT = 3000;
// Defining an endpoint and checking req.route
app.get('/api', function (req, res) {
console.log(req.route);
res.send();
});
app.listen(PORT, function(err){
if (err) console.log(err);
console.log("Server listening on PORT", PORT);
});Hit the following Endpoint with a GET request − localhost:3000/api
Output
C:\home
ode>> node reqRoute.js Server listening on PORT 3000 Route { path: '/api', stack: [ Layer { handle: [Function], name: '', params: undefined, path: undefined, keys: [], regexp: /^\/?$/i, method: 'get' } ], methods: { get: true } }
Example 2
Let's take a look at one more example.
// req.route Property Demo Example
// Importing the express module
var express = require('express');
// Initializing the express and port number
var app = express();
// Initializing the router from express
var router = express.Router();
var PORT = 3000;
// Defining an endpoint and checking req.route
app.get('/api', function (req, res) {
console.log("Path is: " + req.route.path);
res.send("Path is: "+ req.route.path);
});
app.listen(PORT, function(err){
if (err) console.log(err);
console.log("Server listening on PORT", PORT);
});
var express = require('express');
var app = express();
var PORT = 3000;Hit the following Endpoint with a GET Request − localhost:3000/api
Output
C:\home
ode>> node reqRoute.js Server listening on PORT 3000 Path is: /api
Updated on: 29-Jan-2022
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