how to get request path with express req object

In some cases you should use:

req.path

This gives you the path, instead of the complete requested URL. For example, if you are only interested in which page the user requested and not all kinds of parameters the url:

/myurl.htm?allkinds&ofparameters=true

req.path will give you:

/myurl.html

After having a bit of a play myself, you should use:

console.log(req.originalUrl)

Here is an example expanded from the documentation, which nicely wraps all you need to know about accessing the paths/URLs in all cases with express:

app.use('/admin', function (req, res, next) { // GET 'http://www.example.com/admin/new?a=b'
  console.dir(req.originalUrl) // '/admin/new?a=b' (WARNING: beware query string)
  console.dir(req.baseUrl) // '/admin'
  console.dir(req.path) // '/new'
  console.dir(req.baseUrl + req.path) // '/admin/new' (full path without query string)
  next()
})

Based on: https://expressjs.com/en/api.html#req.originalUrl

Conclusion: As c1moore's answer states, use:

var fullPath = req.baseUrl + req.path;