ExpressJs : Safe To Use Reserved Word DELETE as method name?

Question

Delete is one of the reserved words in JavaScript however ExpressJS uses it as a method name. Their Basic Routing documentation shows:

app.METHOD(PATH, HANDLER)

Where:

app is an instance of express. METHOD is an HTTP request method, in lowercase. PATH is a path on the server. HANDLER is the function executed when the route is matched.

And what I would like to do is export a delete method for my router, e.g. router.delete('/api/v1/:id', handler.delete); however I don't want to further violate the language. Would it be bad practice to export a module.exports.delete = deleteHandler?

Answer 1

delete is only a keyword in specific contexts, it can sometimes be used as an identifier like for can.

If the word delete makes sense to you, and it is consistent with other things you've done, then there isn't anything wrong with it.