Nodejs get params from url

Since you've mentioned Express.js in your tags, here is an Express-specific answer: use req.query. E.g.

var express = require('express');
var app = express();

app.get('/', function(req, res){
  res.send('id: ' + req.query.id);
});

app.listen(3000);

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answered Aug 2, 2011 at 14:00

whitequarkwhitequark

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In Express it's already done for you and you can simply use req.query for that:

var id = req.query.id; // $_GET["id"]

Otherwise, in NodeJS, you can access req.url and the builtin url module to url.parse it manually:

var url = require('url');
var url_parts = url.parse(request.url, true);
var query = url_parts.query;

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answered Aug 2, 2011 at 13:30

Marcus GranströmMarcus Granström

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In Express, use req.query.

req.params only gets the route parameters, not the query string parameters. See the express or sails documentation:

(req.params) Checks route params, ex: /user/:id

(req.query) Checks query string params, ex: ?id=12 Checks urlencoded body params

(req.body), ex: id=12 To utilize urlencoded request bodies, req.body should be an object. This can be done by using the _express.bodyParser middleware.

That said, most of the time, you want to get the value of a parameter irrespective of its source. In that case, use req.param('foo'). Note that this has been deprecated as of Express 4: http://expressjs.com/en/4x/api.html#req.param

The value of the parameter will be returned whether the variable was in the route parameters, query string, or the encoded request body.

Side note- if you're aiming to get the intersection of all three types of request parameters (similar to PHP's $_REQUEST), you just need to merge the parameters together-- here's how I set it up in Sails. Keep in mind that the path/route parameters object (req.params) has array properties, so order matters (although this may change in Express 4)

answered Feb 11, 2012 at 18:49

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For Express.js you want to do req.params:

app.get('/user/:id', function(req, res) {
  res.send('user' + req.params.id);    
});

answered Aug 2, 2011 at 15:38

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I learned from the other answers and decided to use this code throughout my site:

var query = require('url').parse(req.url,true).query;

Then you can just call

var id = query.id;
var option = query.option;

where the URL for get should be

/path/filename?id=123&option=456

answered Nov 26, 2012 at 16:26

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//get query¶ms in express

//etc. example.com/user/000000?sex=female

app.get('/user/:id', function(req, res) {

  const query = req.query;// query = {sex:"female"}

  const params = req.params; //params = {id:"000000"}

})

answered Feb 15, 2017 at 2:35

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If you are using ES6 and Express, try this destructuring approach:

const {id, since, fields, anotherField} = request.query;

In context:

const express = require('express');
const app = express();

app.get('/', function(req, res){
   const {id, since, fields, anotherField} = req.query;
});

app.listen(3000);

You can use default values with destructuring too:

// sample request for testing
const req = {
  query: {
    id: '123',
    fields: ['a', 'b', 'c']
  }
}

const {
  id,
  since = new Date().toString(),
  fields = ['x'],
  anotherField = 'default'
} = req.query;

console.log(id, since, fields, anotherField)

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answered Feb 18, 2017 at 15:00

Steven SpunginSteven Spungin

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There are 2 ways to pass parameters via GET method

Method 1 : The MVC approach where you pass the parameters like /routename/:paramname
In this case you can use req.params.paramname to get the parameter value For Example refer below code where I am expecting Id as a param
link could be like : http://myhost.com/items/23

var express = require('express');
var app = express();
app.get("items/:id", function(req, res) {
    var id = req.params.id;
    //further operations to perform
});
app.listen(3000);

Method 2 : General Approach : Passing variables as query string using '?' operator
For Example refer below code where I am expecting Id as a query parameter
link could be like : http://myhost.com/items?id=23

var express = require('express');
var app = express();
app.get("/items", function(req, res) {
    var id = req.query.id;
    //further operations to perform
});
app.listen(3000);

answered May 26, 2016 at 7:57

You should be able to do something like this:

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

http.createServer(function(req,res){
    var url_parts = url.parse(req.url, true);
    var query = url_parts.query;

    console.log(query); //{Object}

    res.end("End")
})

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answered Aug 2, 2011 at 13:44

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UPDATE 4 May 2014

Old answer preserved here: https://gist.github.com/stefek99/b10ed037d2a4a323d638

1) Install express: npm install express

app.js

var express = require('express');
var app = express();

app.get('/endpoint', function(request, response) {
    var id = request.query.id;
    response.end("I have received the ID: " + id);
});

app.listen(3000);
console.log("node express app started at http://localhost:3000");

2) Run the app: node app.js

3) Visit in the browser: http://localhost:3000/endpoint?id=something

I have received the ID: something

(many things have changed since my answer and I believe it is worth keeping things up to date)

answered Aug 5, 2012 at 17:52

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A small Node.js HTTP server listening on port 9080, parsing GET or POST data and sending it back to the client as part of the response is:

var sys = require('sys'),
url = require('url'),
http = require('http'),
qs = require('querystring');

var server = http.createServer(

    function (request, response) {

        if (request.method == 'POST') {
                var body = '';
                request.on('data', function (data) {
                    body += data;
                });
                request.on('end',function() {

                    var POST =  qs.parse(body);
                    //console.log(POST);
                    response.writeHead( 200 );
                    response.write( JSON.stringify( POST ) );
                    response.end();
                });
        }
        else if(request.method == 'GET') {

            var url_parts = url.parse(request.url,true);
            //console.log(url_parts.query);
            response.writeHead( 200 );
            response.write( JSON.stringify( url_parts.query ) );
            response.end();
        }
    }
);

server.listen(9080);

Save it as parse.js, and run it on the console by entering "node parse.js".

answered Jan 26, 2013 at 8:42

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Whitequark responded nicely. But with the current versions of Node.js and Express.js it requires one more line. Make sure to add the 'require http' (second line). I've posted a fuller example here that shows how this call can work. Once running, type http://localhost:8080/?name=abel&fruit=apple in your browser, and you will get a cool response based on the code.

var express = require('express');
var http = require('http');
var app = express();

app.configure(function(){
    app.set('port', 8080);
});

app.get('/', function(req, res){
  res.writeHead(200, {'content-type': 'text/plain'});
  res.write('name: ' + req.query.name + '\n');
  res.write('fruit: ' + req.query.fruit + '\n');
  res.write('query: ' + req.query + '\n');
  queryStuff = JSON.stringify(req.query);
  res.end('That\'s all folks'  + '\n' + queryStuff);
});

http.createServer(app).listen(app.get('port'), function(){
    console.log("Express server listening on port " + app.get('port'));
})

answered Sep 6, 2014 at 12:29

Express specific simple ways to fetch

1. query strings(after ?) such as https://...?user=abc&id=123

    var express = require('express');
   
    var app = express();
   
    app.get('/', function(req, res){
        res.send('id: ' + req.query.id);
    });
   
    app.listen(3000);
   

2. query params such as https://.../get/users/:id

    var express = require('express');
    var app = express();
   
    app.get('/get/users/:id', function(req, res){
        res.send('id: ' + req.params.id);
    });
   
    app.listen(3000);
   

answered Jun 11, 2021 at 12:44

It is so simple:

Example URL:

http://stackoverflow.com:3000/activate_accountid=3&activatekey=$2a$08$jvGevXUOvYxKsiBt.PpMs.zgzD4C/wwTsvjzfUrqLrgS3zXJVfVRK

You can print all the values of query string by using:

console.log("All query strings: " + JSON.stringify(req.query));

Output

All query strings : { "id":"3","activatekey":"$2a$08$jvGevXUOvYxKsiBt.PpMs.zgzD4C/wwTsvjz fUrqLrgS3zXJVfVRK"}

To print specific:

console.log("activatekey: " + req.query.activatekey);

Output

activatekey: $2a$08$jvGevXUOvYxKsiBt.PpMs.zgzD4C/wwTsvjzfUrqLrgS3zXJVfVRK

answered Mar 19, 2014 at 11:19

Saran PalSaran Pal

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You can use

request.query.;

answered May 7, 2017 at 8:22

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You can use with express ^4.15.4:

var express = require('express'),
    router = express.Router();
router.get('/', function (req, res, next) {
    console.log(req.query);
});

Hope this helps.

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answered Sep 3, 2017 at 15:19

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In express.js you can get it pretty easy, all you need to do in your controller function is:

app.get('/', (req, res, next) => {
   const {id} = req.query;
   // rest of your code here...
})

And that's all, assuming you are using es6 syntax.

PD. {id} stands for Object destructuring, a new es6 feature.

answered Aug 18, 2018 at 23:24

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app.get('/user/:id', function(req, res) {
    res.send('user' + req.params.id);    
});

You can use this or you can try body-parser for parsing special element from the request parameters.

answered Jul 31, 2018 at 18:41

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There are many answers here regarding accessing the query using request.query however, none have mentioned its type quirk. The query string type can be either a string or an array, and this type is controlled by the user.

For instance using the following code:

const express = require("express");
const app = express();

app.get("/", function (req, res) {
  res.send(`Your name is ${(req.query.name || "").length} characters long`);
});

app.listen(3000);

Requesting /?name=bob will return Your name is 3 characters long but requesting /?name=bob&name=jane will return Your name is 2 characters long because the parameter is now an array ['bob', 'jane'].

Express offers 2 query parsers: simple and extended, both will give you either a string or an array. Rather than checking a method for possible side effects or validating types, I personally think you should override the parser to have a consistent type: all arrays or all strings.

const express = require("express");
const app = express();

const querystring = require("querystring");

// if asArray=false only the first item with the same name will be returned
// if asArray=true all items will be returned as an array (even if they are a single item)
const asArray = false;
app.set("query parser", (qs) => {
  const parsed = querystring.parse(qs);
  return Object.entries(parsed).reduce((previous, [key, value]) => {
    const isArray = Array.isArray(value);
    if (!asArray && isArray) {
      value = value[0];
    } else if (asArray && !isArray) {
      value = [value];
    }

    previous[key] = value;
    return previous;
  }, {});
});

app.get("/", function (req, res) {
  res.send(`Your name is ${(req.query.name || "").length} characters long`);
});

app.listen(3000);

answered Apr 9, 2021 at 7:03

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consider this url -> /api/endpoint/:id?name=sahil here id is param where as name is query. You can get this value in nodejs like this

app.get('/api/endpoint/:id', (req, res) => {
  const name = req.query.name; // query
  const id = req.params.id //params
});

answered Jan 1 at 12:29

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So, there are two ways in which this "id" can be received: 1) using params: the code params will look something like : Say we have an array,

const courses = [{
    id: 1,
    name: 'Mathematics'
},
{
    id: 2,
    name: 'History'
}
];

Then for params we can do something like:

app.get('/api/posts/:id',(req,res)=>{
    const course = courses.find(o=>o.id == (req.params.id))
    res.send(course);
});

2) Another method is to use query parameters. so the url will look something like ".....\api\xyz?id=1" where "?id=1" is the query part. In this case we can do something like:

app.get('/api/posts',(req,res)=>{
    const course = courses.find(o=>o.id == (req.query.id))
    res.send(course);
});

answered Oct 6, 2019 at 17:16

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you can use url module to collect parameters by using url.parse

var url = require('url');
var url_data = url.parse(request.url, true);
var query = url_data.query;

In expressjs it's done by,

var id = req.query.id;

Eg:

var express = require('express');
var app = express();

app.get('/login', function (req, res, next) {
    console.log(req.query);
    console.log(req.query.id); //Give parameter id
});

answered Jul 5, 2018 at 4:27

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If you ever need to send GET request to an IP as well as a Domain (Other answers did not mention you can specify a port variable), you can make use of this function:

function getCode(host, port, path, queryString) {
    console.log("(" + host + ":" + port + path + ")" + "Running httpHelper.getCode()")

    // Construct url and query string
    const requestUrl = url.parse(url.format({
        protocol: 'http',
        hostname: host,
        pathname: path,
        port: port,
        query: queryString
    }));

    console.log("(" + host + path + ")" + "Sending GET request")
    // Send request
    console.log(url.format(requestUrl))
    http.get(url.format(requestUrl), (resp) => {
        let data = '';

        // A chunk of data has been received.
        resp.on('data', (chunk) => {
            console.log("GET chunk: " + chunk);
            data += chunk;
        });

        // The whole response has been received. Print out the result.
        resp.on('end', () => {
            console.log("GET end of response: " + data);
        });

    }).on("error", (err) => {
        console.log("GET Error: " + err);
    });
}

Don't miss requiring modules at the top of your file:

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

Also bare in mind that you may use https module for communicating over secured domains and ssl. so these two lines would change:

https = require("https");
...
https.get(url.format(requestUrl), (resp) => { ......

answered Feb 13, 2020 at 5:51

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In case you want to avoid express, use this example:

var http = require('http');
const url = require('url');

function func111(req, res) {
  res.writeHead(200, {'Content-Type': 'text/plain'});
  var q = url.parse(req.url, true);
  res.end("9999999>>> " + q.query['user_name']); 
}

http.createServer(func111).listen(3000); 

usage:

curl http://localhost:3000?user_name=user1

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answered Mar 14, 2021 at 18:41

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do like me

npm  query-string
import queryString from "query-string";

export interface QueryUrl {
  limit?: number;
  range?: string;
  page?: number;
  filed?: string;
  embody?: string;
  q?: string | object;
  order?: number;
  sort?: string;

}

 let parseUri: QueryUrl = queryString.parse(uri.query);

answered Oct 2, 2021 at 17:25

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I am using MEANJS 0.6.0 with , it's good

Client:

Controller:

var input = { keyword: vm.keyword };
ProductAPi.getOrder(input)

services:

this.getOrder = function (input) {return $http.get('/api/order', { params: input });};

Server

routes

app.route('/api/order').get(products.order);

controller

exports.order = function (req, res) {
  var keyword = req.query.keyword
  ...

answered Jul 10, 2018 at 6:02

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