CODEWITHSUNDEEP
node.jsexpressrequest
Dexter
Dexter

Reputation: 1796

How to rewrite node js request

it is possible to modify node js requested url?? browser sending me request like this 

http://localhost/user/add

when its comes to server i want to add api in my current request i mean like below request.

http://localhost/api/user/add

for this i have written one middle ware but look like its not working.

app.use('*', function(req, res, next) {
  if (req.baseUrl.indexOf('api') == -1) {
    req.baseUrl = '/api' + req.baseUrl;
    console.log('req.baseUrl');
    console.log(req.baseUrl);
  }
  next();
});

above code not working please tell me what's i am doing wrong.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 3036

Answers (2)

Koder
Koder

Reputation: 1914

You need to re-fire router to handle updated urls:

app.use('*', function(req, res, next) {
  if (req.baseUrl.indexOf('api') == -1) {
    req.url = '/api' + req.url;
    req.originalUrl = '/api' + req.originalUrl; //update all 3 just to be 
    safe.
    req.baseUrl = '/api' + req.baseUrl;
    console.log('req.baseUrl');
    console.log(req.baseUrl);
    app.handle(req, res); //re-fire router to handle updated urls
  }
  next();
});

Upvotes: 1

Kevin Law
Kevin Law

Reputation: 852

Please try assign the req.url and req.originalUrl. They are key point for rewrite request. https://expressjs.com/en/api.html

This property is much like req.url; however, it retains the original request URL, allowing you to rewrite req.url freely for internal routing purposes. For example, the “mounting” feature of app.use() will rewrite req.url to strip the mount point.

On the other hand, express-urlrewrite is an open-sourced library for express url rewrite. You could be inspired from it.

Upvotes: 1

Related Questions