express get request code example

Example 1: express hello world

//to run : node filename.js
const express = require('express')
const app = express()
const port = 3000

app.get('/', (req, res) => res.send('Hello World!'))

app.listen(port, () => console.log(`Example app listening at http://localhost:${port}`))

//visit localhost:3000
// assuming you have done 1) npm init 2) npm install express

Example 2: express redirect

app.get('/', (req, res) => {
  res.redirect('/foo/bar');
});

Example 3: express get url parameters

app.get('/path/:name', function(req, res) {
  res.send("tagId is set to " + req.params.name);
});

Example 4: express request path

// GET 'http://www.example.com/admin/new?a=b'
app.get('/admin', (req, res, next) => {
  req.originalUrl; // '/admin/new?a=b' (full path with query string)
  req.baseUrl; // '/admin'
  req.path; // '/new'
  req.baseUrl + req.path; // '/admin/new' (full path without query string)
});

Example 5: node js express url parameters

// http://localhost:8080/api/1
app.get('/api/:version', function(req, res) {
    res.send(req.params.version);
});

Example 6: express router file

var express = require('express');
var router = express.Router();

// middleware that is specific to this router
router.use(function timeLog (req, res, next) {
  console.log('Time: ', Date.now());
  next();
});
// define the home page route
router.get('/', function (req, res) {
  res.send('Birds home page');
});
// define the about route
router.get('/about', function (req, res) {
  res.send('About birds');
});

module.exports = router;