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JavaScript Express Basics (2015) Doing more with Express Using Logic in Jade Templates

norman ebuen
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norman ebuen
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req.path?

can someone explain it more? i don't really get it.

Edwin Carbajal
Edwin Carbajal
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Edwin Carbajal
Edwin Carbajal
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Hi Norman,

What are you not understanding? It's pretty simple. The 'req' parameter in your route, i.e 

app.get('/blog/:title?', (req, res)

is an object. The 'path' keyword is an attribute of that object. When you call req.path, you are referring to the value of the attribute. Whenever you type a url, i,e

/blog/any url you want

it gets stored inside the req.path attr.

req = {
 path: '/blog/any url you want'
}

req.path is the same as req.url