node.js how to respond .js files with parameters

Question

node.js how to respond .js files with parameters

I have a node.js http application and i'm servicing GET requests ok. I can't however respond properly with requests for say foo.js?_param=1234. How do i deal correctly with files of this type where parameters are being passed?

EDIT:

I'm using express to service files as follows:

app.get('/*', function(req, res) {

  res.sendfile(__application+req.url, {root: __root});

});

__root is the root path of the application.

javascript
node.js
http
get

Answer 1

Use request.url, it will look like /foo.js?_param=123.

Then use require('url').parse(url,true) to split this into meaningful parts (true is to also expand individual query string parameters).

See http://nodejs.org/api/http.html#http_request_url for details.

Answer 2

Try using the express module.

They have a whole API for dealing with GET and POST requests.

You can use req.query to handle the get requests.