How to get appended URL value? (e.g. localhost:3000/URL)

Question

I'm trying to use other URL to be used as a data in my app.

For example, If I visit localhost:3000/https://www.google.com/robots.txt

Then I would like to get https://www.google.com/robots.txt as a parameter so I can use it.

I tried the following approach but it only works if the trailing value has no slash.

app.get('/:id', function (req, res) {
  res.send(req.params)
})

Is there a possible way to get the appended URL?

Does this answer your question? [how to get request path with express req object](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/12525928/how-to-get-request-path-with-express-req-object) — tsamridh86, Nov 30 '20 at 03:25

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 30 '20 at 03:24

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You can use /* to grab the Parameters and then get the index 0 to get the exact URL

app.get('/*', function(req, res) {
  var url = req.params[0];
  res.send(url);
});

answered Nov 30 '20 at 03:24

Harshana

Thank you that works perfectly! Do you know if it's possible to send index.html with that parameter? – Zack Lee Nov 30 '20 at 03:31
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You can follow this guide to do that : https://codeforgeek.com/render-html-file-expressjs/ – Harshana Nov 30 '20 at 03:37

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