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how to find request parameters in 'nodejs'

when i sent a request to nodejs server,

how can we find the parameters sent in the request query when request sent to nodejs server.

req.param

req.params

req.query

all giving undefined.

also when i stringify req request it gives error : 

Converting circular structure to JSON

How to find query parameters.

Solution

  • You can use the url module:

    $ npm install url

    And then something like this:

    var http = require("http");
var url = require("url");

http.createServer(function(req, res) {

  var parsedUrl = url.parse(req.url, true); // true to get query as object
  var queryAsObject = parsedUrl.query;

  console.log(JSON.stringify(queryAsObject));

  res.end(JSON.stringify(queryAsObject));

}).listen(8080);

console.log("Server listening on port 8080");

    Test in your browser:

    http://localhost:8080/?a=123&b=xxy

    For POST requests you can use bodyParser.