Node.js/Express routing with get params

Question

Let's say I have get route like this:

app.get('/documents/format/type', function (req, res) {    var format = req.params.format,        type = req.params.type; }); 

So if I make request like

http://localhost:3000/documents/json/mini 

in my format and type variables will be 'json' and 'mini' respectively, but if I make request like

http://localhost:3000/documents/mini/json 

not. So my question is: how can I get the same variables in different order?

Answer 1

Your route isn't ok, it should be like this (with ':')

app.get('/documents/:format/:type', function (req, res) {    var format = req.params.format,        type = req.params.type; }); 

Also you cannot interchange parameter order unfortunately. For more information on req.params (and req.query) check out the api reference here.