express route methods code example

Example 1: nodejs express routing get

const express = require('express');
const mysql = require('mysql');

// Connecting with database
const db = mysql.createConnection({
  host: 'localhost',					// The host you're using
  user: 'yourusername',					// The username you use to enter database
  password: 'yourpassword'				// Your password to your username
});

db.connect((error) => {
  if(error) {
    throw error;
  }
  console.log('MySQL Connected');
});

const app = express();

app.get('yourroute', (request, response) => {
  let sql = 'SELECT * FROM yourtable';
  let query = db.query(sql, (error, result) => {
    if(error) {
      throw error;
    }
    console.log(result)					// Use the result you get back here
  })
});

app.listen('3000', () => {
  console.log('Server is listening on port 3000');
});

Example 2: widlicard in express router

//This route path will match acd and abcd.
app.get('/ab?cd', function (req, res) {
  res.send('ab?cd')
})
//This route path will match abcd, abbcd, abbbcd, and so on.
app.get('/ab+cd', function (req, res) {
  res.send('ab+cd')
})
//This route path will match abcd, abxcd, abRANDOMcd, ab123cd, and so on.
app.get('/ab*cd', function (req, res) {
  res.send('ab*cd')
})
//This route path will match /abe and /abcde.
app.get('/ab(cd)?e', function (req, res) {
  res.send('ab(cd)?e')
})
//This route path will match anything with an “a” in it.
app.get(/a/, function (req, res) {
  res.send('/a/')
})
//This route path will match butterfly and dragonfly, 
//but not butterflyman, dragonflyman, and so on.
app.get(/.*fly$/, function (req, res) {
  res.send('/.*fly$/')
})