Override NestJS route within controller

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I want to completely override a controller route. E. g:

@Controller('shipments')
export class ShipmentsController {

  @Post('/create')
  async find(): Promise<Activities> {
    return service.find()
  }
}

In order to make a request to the previous example, The URL will be: http://localhost:8080/shipments/create

I want to change that URL without moving the controller to another class. For example, I want the URL for that specific function to be http://localhost:8080/whatever/i/want.

Is this possible?

If the function doesn't correspond with the route, then the function is in a wrong controller. — Marco
– Marco, Commented Feb 22, 2021 at 10:32

Jackie McDoniel · Accepted Answer · 2021-01-08 22:19:46Z

5

This is not possible, and goes against the ideas of the framework of having easy to configure routes with structure and uniformity. If you want a route like that, you can use express on it;s own, or technically add the route in the bootstrap file like so

async function bootstrap() {
  const app = await NestFactory.create(AppModule);
  app.getHttpServer().get('/whatever/you/want', (req, res, next) => {});
  await app.listen(3000);
}

But now you don't have (easy) access to services, testing this is a pain, and generally it's confusing, not to mention no use of any Nest enhancers like interceptors or pipes.

answered Jan 8, 2021 at 22:19

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Mateus Enrick Pitura · Accepted Answer · 2025-03-05 23:08:28Z

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As others have said, this is not recommended. But one approach is to leave the controller pathless and set on each route

@Controller('user')
...
@Get('me')
@Get(':id')

You can do

@Controller()
...
@Get('profile')
@Get('user/:id')

answered Mar 5 at 23:08

Mateus Enrick Pitura

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