GET request in Express to match array parameter

Asked Sep 25 '13 at 10:04

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I'm struggling with routing in Express. This works:

app.get('/customers/bar/:bar/buzz/:buzz', customers.foo);

i.e. requests like this match (return 200 code):

curl -is http://localhost:3000/customers/bar/blah/buzz/blah -H 'accept: text/plain'

but how do I change my app.get(…) to accept an array of parameters for bar e.g. matching a form that would have inputs like this:

<input type="text" name="bar[]" value="test1">
<input type="text" name="bar[]" value="test2">
<input type="text" name="bar[]" value="test3">

I can't see anything in the documentation that demonstrates how this would work. Thanks.

asked Sep 25 '13 at 10:04

ale

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When you want to use arrays I recommend using `POST`. If you *have to* use `GET` with routing, you probably have to go with something like `/customers/bar/:array` and split the `array` param accordingly. – Amberlamps Sep 25 '13 at 10:19
Nice question did not know that you could send arrays in a get request. – Akshat Jiwan Sharma Sep 25 '13 at 11:16
same question http://stackoverflow.com/questions/38892101/array-as-parameter-in-get-request-in-postman – Prashant Tapase Apr 25 '17 at 09:21

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