nodejs get request variables code example

Example 1: expressjs query params

// GET /search?q=tobi+ferret
console.dir(req.query.q)
// => 'tobi ferret'

// GET /shoes?order=desc&shoe[color]=blue&shoe[type]=converse
console.dir(req.query.order)
// => 'desc'

console.dir(req.query.shoe.color)
// => 'blue'

console.dir(req.query.shoe.type)
// => 'converse'

// GET /shoes?color[]=blue&color[]=black&color[]=red
console.dir(req.query.color)
// => ['blue', 'black', 'red']

Example 2: get query string javascript nodejs

const querystring = require('querystring');
const url = "http://example.com/index.html?code=string&key=12&id=false";
const qs = "code=string&key=12&id=false";

console.log(querystring.parse(qs));
// > { code: 'string', key: '12', id: 'false' }

console.log(querystring.parse(url));