Req.route()

[mina20088]

Hi
i am new at express and i went throught the documentation andi want to know what are the main usage of the req.route() in express it only gives me information about the route nothing else but what can i use it in real life

[wumpus225]

Hey there!

So req.route essentially shows an object of the entire route that is being handled. For example you used req.route in a route called /post.

{ path: '/post',
  stack:
   [ { handle: [Function: postIdHandler],
       name: 'postIdHandler',
       params: undefined,
       path: undefined,
       keys: [],
       regexp: /^\/?$/i,
       method: 'get' } ],
  methods: { get: true } }

This shows the details of the path, route handler, its name, methods, params. Although it's not used on a daily basis, req.route can be implemented application dependant business logic if you want a higher level information about your routes.

[micalevisk]

did you know from where the req.route.subscribe came (it is an anonymous function)? I didn't find it in the source