Capture all http requests with node/express

Question

I am looking to capture all of the data from any request (images, fonts, css, js, etc) on my website so that I can capture the file details, specifically the file name and file size. I have found almost an identical question/solution:

Node.js : How to do something on all HTTP requests in Express?

But the solution appears to be deprecated with Express v4. Is there a simple solution to do this? As another approach I have tried the below solution with no luck:

var express = require("express");
var path = require("path");
var port = process.env.PORT || 3000;

var app = express();
var publicPath = path.resolve(__dirname, "public");

app.use(express.static(publicPath));

app.get("/", function(req, res){
    // I want to listen to all requests coming from index.html
    res.send("index.html");
});

app.all("*", function(){
    // can't get requests
})

app.listen(port, function(){
    console.log(`server listening on port ${port}`);
});

Also I am not looking to do this from Fiddler/Charles because I am looking to display this data on my site.

Hey @robertklep, possibly, I am not well versed in this area so it it allows me to grab the file name and kweight I think that should suffice. — user3612986, Aug 25 '16 at 17:01
In that case, using [morgan's `tiny` logger](https://github.com/expressjs/morgan#tiny) may be all you need. — robertklep, Aug 25 '16 at 17:13

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 25 '16 at 14:50

Express routes are predicated on order. Notice the answer that you linked in your question has the middleware defined, and used before all other routes.

Secondly you're trying to implement something that requires middleware, not a wildcard route. The pattern in link you provided in your question is not deprecated according to their docs.

app.use(function (req, res, next) {
  // do something with the request
  req.foo = 'testing'
  next(); // MUST call this or the routes will not be hit
});

app.get('/', function(req, res){
    if (req.foo === 'testing') {
      console.log('works');
    }

    res.send("index.html");
});

Capture all http requests with node/express

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