hi I have been reading on the express docs and when i reached to the req.params i found this line but i did`t understand what dose it mean the line is :
When you use a regular expression for the route definition, capture groups are provided in the array using req.params[n], where n is the nth capture group. This rule is applied to unnamed wild card matches with string routes such as /file/*
can any one help mw with an example to know what dose this mean
the link on express docs are:https://expressjs.com/en/4x/api.html#req.params
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Hi there,
Let’s say that you have the following route: /file/*, this means that anything after the /file/ will match the * wildcard regex.
So if you receive a GET request to /file/javascripts/jquery.js, in order to access the parameter you can use a standard array syntax as follows:
console.dir(req.params[0])
And the output in this case will be:
// => 'javascripts/jquery.js'
Hope that this helps!
Best,
Bobby
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