I have tried:
app.get('/', function(req, res, next) {
var e = new Error('error message');
e.status = 400;
next(e);
});
and:
app.get('/', function(req, res, next) {
res.statusCode = 400;
var e = new Error('error message');
…
Is there a way to add created_at and updated_at fields to a mongoose schema, without having to pass them in everytime new MyModel() is called?
The created_at field would be a date and only added when a document is created.
The updated_at field would…
Almost every Express app I see has an app.use statement for middleware but I haven't found a clear, concise explanation of what middleware actually is and what the app.use statement is doing. Even the express docs themselves are a bit vague on this.…
what is process.env.PORT || 3000 used for in Node.js? I saw this somewhere:
app.set('port', process.env.PORT || 3000);
If it is used to set 3000 as the listening port, can I use this instead?
app.listen(3000);
If not why?
Question 1:
What exactly is the purpose of installing Twitter Bootstrap through npm? I thought npm was meant for server side modules. Is it faster to serve the bootstrap files yourself than using a CDN?
Question 2:
If I were to npm install…
I'm using express + node.js and I have a req object, the request in the browser is /account but when I log req.path I get '/' --- not '/account'.
//auth required or redirect
app.use('/account', function(req, res, next) {
…
I am playing around with Nodejs and express by building a small rest API. My question is, what is the good practice/best way to set the code status, as well as the response data?
Let me explain with a little bit of code (I will not put the node and…
How can I move files (like mv command shell) on node.js? Is there any method for that or should I read a file, write to a new file and remove older file?
I've been trying to get HTTPS set up with a node.js project I'm working on. I've essentially followed the node.js documentation for this example:
// curl -k https://localhost:8000/
var https = require('https');
var fs = require('fs');
var options…
How can I make an HTTP request from within Node.js or Express.js? I need to connect to another service. I am hoping the call is asynchronous and that the callback contains the remote server's response.
So, I may be missing something simple here, but I can't seem to find a way to get the hostname that a request object I'm sending a response to was requested from.
Is it possible to figure out what hostname the user is currently visiting from…
I'm testing an implementation of JWT Token based security based off the following article. I have successfully received a token from the test server. I can't figure out how to have the Chrome POSTMAN REST Client program send the token in the…
To avoid same-domain AJAX issues, I want my node.js web server to forward all requests from URL /api/BLABLA to another server, for example other_domain.com:3000/BLABLA, and return to user the same thing that this remote server returned,…
I asked here:
Does Node.js require inheritance?
And I was told that I can set variables to the global scope by leaving out the variable.
This does not work for me.
That is, the following does not make the _ available on required files.
_ =…
