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EXPRESS

Express.js is a lightweight and flexible web application framework for Node.js, designed for building web applications and APIs with features like middleware and routing. Routing in Express allows applications to respond to client requests based on URL paths and HTTP methods, with the ability to capture dynamic values through route parameters. The framework also includes built-in middleware for serving static files and emphasizes the order of route matching for handling requests.

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EXPRESS

Express.js is a lightweight and flexible web application framework for Node.js, designed for building web applications and APIs with features like middleware and routing. Routing in Express allows applications to respond to client requests based on URL paths and HTTP methods, with the ability to capture dynamic values through route parameters. The framework also includes built-in middleware for serving static files and emphasizes the order of route matching for handling requests.

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1. What is Express?

Express.js is a minimal and flexible web application framework for Node.js.


It is designed to build web applications and APIs efficiently by providing essential features
through middleware and routing.

Key Features:

• Lightweight and fast


• Middleware support
• Robust routing
• Easily integrates with databases and other tools

2. Routing in Express
What is Routing?

Routing refers to how an application responds to a client request to a particular endpoint,


which is defined by a URL path and an HTTP method.

Basic Route Example


app.get('/hello', (req, res) => {
res.send('Hello World!');
});

• GET is the HTTP method.


• /hello is the route path.
• The callback function handles the request and sends a response.

Route Parameters

Used to capture dynamic values from the URL.

app.get('/customers/:customerId', (req, res) => {


res.send(`Customer ID: ${req.params.customerId}`);
});

Example:

• URL: /customers/1234
• Output: Customer ID: 1234
• req.params.customerId = 1234

3. Express Request Matching and Order


• Routes are matched in the order they are defined.
• More specific routes should be defined before more generic ones.

Example

app.get('/api/issues', handler); // Specific route


app.use('/api/*', middleware); // Generic route

• Requests to /api/issues will be handled by the first route.


• All other /api/* requests will be passed to the middleware.

4. Built-in Middleware in Express


Middleware functions have access to the request object (req), the response object (res), and
the next function in the application’s request-response cycle.

express.static

Used to serve static files such as HTML, CSS, images, etc.

Example

app.use(express.static('public'));

• Allows access to files like:


o /index.html
o /style.css
o /image.png
• These files must be placed in the public folder.

Path-Specific Middleware

app.use('/public', express.static('public'));

• Static files must be accessed like:


o /public/index.html
o /public/style.css

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