How to get query string params using Node and Express

In this tutorial, you will learn how you can retrieve the query string params of a URL route in Express.js

Example of Query params in the URL

// URL
http://localhost:5000/api/content/?search=javascript&page=1&perPage=100

// Query string params
?search=javascript&page=1&perpage=100

The Request object in Express contains a property called ‘query’, which contains the query params in key-value pairs

So the above query params example can be represented in key-value pairs as

const queryParams = {
  search: 'javascript',
  page: '1'
  perPage: '100'
};

Therefore, we can use the Request.query property object to retrieve the required query params from the URL route.

Source Code

const express = require('express')
const cors = require('cors');
const app = express();

const port = 5000;

app.use(cors());

app.get('/api/content', async (req, res) => {
  const search = req.query.search;
  const page = req.query.page;
  const perPage = req.query.perPage;
  res.send('success');
})

app.listen(port, () => {
  console.log(`Example app listening at http://localhost:${port}`)
});

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