Usually, when I have to make a GET request using NodeJS and MongoDB, I do a separate search for every field.
For Example:
localhost:3000/movie/:name/:author - GET
As I would expect to get a movie, desired name, and author, everything will be working fine.
But what if I want to make a request query like this:
localhost:3000/movies/filters[‘movies’]=USA&fields=id,name,author - GET
Is that possible in NodeJS and MongoDB using the SAME query?
How can it be done?
Thanks so much!
Yes, it is possible.
In the first route you're using request parameters. In the second route you're trying to use request queries on the route: /movies. (Query strings are not part of the route path)
But you're slightly off, in express, you can do a GET request with string queries like this:
localhost:3000/movies?filters[movies]=USA&fields[]=id&fields[]=name
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? Indicates start of query string= Separates key from its value& Separates each key=value pair[] To treat key as an arrayThen you can access the values in the router by using the req.query property:
router.get('/movies', (req, res) => {
console.log(req.query.filters.movies); // => USA
console.log(req.query.fields); // => [ 'id', 'name' ]
});
To learn more, I suggest you read the official Express routing guide.