how to get request path with express req object

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I m using express   node js and I have a req object  the request in the browser is  account but when I log req path I get     --- not   account        auth required or redirect   app use   account   function req  res  next        console log req path       if    req session user           res redirect   login ref   req path         else         next                  req path is   when it should be  account

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In some cases you should use   req path   This gives you the path  instead of the complete requested URL  For example  if you are only interested in which page the user requested and not all kinds of parameters the url    myurl htm allkinds amp ofparameters true   req path will give you    myurl html

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req route path is working for me   var pool   require     db     module exports get plants   function req  res           to run a query we can acquire a client from the pool         run a query on the client  and then return the client to the pool     pool connect function err  client  done            if  err                return console error  error fetching client from pool   err                     client query  SELECT   FROM plants   function err  result                  call  done    to release the client back to the pool             done                if  err                    return console error  error running query   err                             console log  A call to route   s   req route path     nRequest type      req method toLowerCase                 res json result                            after executing I see the following in the console and I get perfect result in my browser   Express server listening on port 3000 in development mode A call to route   plants Request type  get

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It should be   req url  express 3 1 x

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auth required or redirect app use   account   function req  res  next      console log req path     if    req session user         res redirect   login ref   req path       else       next                 req path is   when it should be  account      The reason for this is that Express subtracts the path your handler function is mounted on  which is   account  in this case   Why do they do this   Because it makes it easier to reuse the handler function  You can make a handler function that does different things for req path         and req path       goodbye  for example   function sendGreeting req  res  next      res send req path      goodbye     Farewell      Hello there        Then you can mount it to multiple endpoints   app use   world   sendGreeting  app use   aliens   sendGreeting    Giving    world              gt   Hello there   world goodbye      gt   Farewell   aliens             gt   Hello there   aliens goodbye     gt   Farewell

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For version 4 x you can now use the req baseUrl in addition to req path to get the full path   For example  the OP would now do something like     auth required or redirect app use   account   function req  res  next      console log req baseUrl   req path         gt   account    if  req session user        res redirect   login ref     encodeURIComponent req baseUrl   req path          gt   login ref  2Faccount     else       next

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After having a bit of a play myself  you should use   console log req originalUrl

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If you want to really get only  path  without querystring  you can use url library to parse and get only path part of url   var url   require  url       auth required or redirect app use   account   function req  res  next        var path   url parse req url  pathname      if    req session user           res redirect   login ref   path         else         next

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To supplement  here is an example expanded from the documentation  which nicely wraps all you need to know about accessing the paths URLs in all cases with express  app use   admin   function  req  res  next       GET  http   www example com admin new a b    console dir req originalUrl       admin new a b   WARNING  beware query string    console dir req baseUrl       admin    console dir req path       new    console dir req baseUrl   req path       admin new   full path without query string    next       Based on  https   expressjs com en api html req originalUrl Conclusion  As c1moore s answer states  use  var fullPath   req baseUrl   req path

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