Simple Express Parameter Parsing Demo

app.coffee

# app.coffee
colors = require 'colors'
express = require 'express'
bodyParser = require 'body-parser'

port = 8080

app = express()
app.use bodyParser.urlencoded
    extended: true

app.get '/test/:user/:homework/:stuff', (req, res) ->
    res.type('.txt')
    res.send """User: #{req.params.user}
                Hw: #{req.params.homework}
                Stuff: #{req.params.stuff}
                Query: #{JSON.stringify(req.query)}"""

app.listen port

# If we were started by root drop permissions.
try
    process.setgid('nogroup')
    process.setuid('nobody')

console.log "Server running on port #{port}".green
console.log "Try visiting http://localhost/test/user/homework/stuff?key=value"

Express Parameter Parsing Demo.md

Simple Express Parameter Parsing Demo

1. git clone https://gist.github.com/a5656b01c35d6f25dda7.git demo
2. cd demo
3. npm install
4. npm start

Look at the purty code. See how the magic be done.

package.json

{
  "name": "parse_demo_for_express",
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "description": "",
  "main": "server.js",
  "scripts": {
    "test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1"
  },
  "author": "Will Hilton",
  "license": "MIT",
  "dependencies": {
    "body-parser": "^1.9.2",
    "coffee-script": "^1.8.0",
    "colors": "^1.0.3",
    "express": "^4.10.1"
  }
}

server.js

// server.js
// This is a bootstrap file to run app.coffee when you run `npm start`.
process.chdir(__dirname);           // For safer use relative paths
require('coffee-script/register');  // Use CoffeeScript
require('./app');                   // Actual server code