Node.js Express - Get request path with query params

Question

Currently I have a service that exposes these two endpoints

app.get('/test/', (req, res) => {
    res.send('hello world');
});

app.get('/test/:id', (req, res) => {
    res.send('hello world');
});

I have a middleware that logs all request to these endpoints. If the second endpoint is hit, I want to log /test/:id and not /test/actualId .

How can I extract the route from the req object in this way?

Answer 1

Use request.route.path which will output the path string you provided:

app.get('/test/', (req, res) => {
    console.log(req.route.path)
    // -> /test/
    res.send('hello world');
});

app.get('/test/:id', (req, res) => {
    console.log(req.route.path)
    // -> /test/:id
    res.send('hello world');
});

Answer 2

This will help you.

app.get('/test/:id', (req, res) => {
   let actualId = req.query.id;
   let reqPath = req.originalUrl || req.path 
   res.send('hello world :', actualId);
});