Request object methods allow you to retrieve data sent by the client. List of methods and properties:
request.body (getter)
Returns a raw string from the request body. Note:
multipart/form-data body is not parsed for now.
application/json and application/x-www-form-urlencoded
will be parsed as JavaScript objects.
request.cookies (getter)
Returns an object (key-value) with the cookies passed in the request.
request.hostname (getter)
Returns the hostname derived from the Host HTTP header.
request.method (getter)
Contains a string corresponding to the HTTP method
of the request: GET or POST.
request.params (getter)
Object with parameter values from route placeholders.
Read more in "Routing" section.
request.path (getter)
URI of request
request.query (getter)
Object with query parameters. For example, if you have
a request with query string ?key=value&key2=value2,
request.query will return:
{
key: 'value',
key2: 'value2'
}request.headers (getter)
Object with request HTTP headers (full list).
request.get(key: string)
Returns header value by key (or undefined).