Adding named parameters in express route api

Question

Adding named parameters in express route api

I have an express route that looks like this:

app.get('/api/v1/username/:option', function(req, res) {

  // do stuff

})

How can I modify this route so that the URL show the parameter name of option (option=)? For example:

http://localhost:8080/api/v1/johndoe/option=my-cool-option

node.js
express

Answer 1

That's a URL segment, not a parameter.

If you want it like you've shown the URL, it'd be

http://localhost:8080/api/v1/johndoe/?option=my-cool-option

Note the question mark ?, this specifies that it's a GET parameter.

app.get('/api/v1/:username', function(req, res) {
    //req.params.username would equal 'johndoe'
    //req.query.option would equal 'my-cool-option'
})