Skipping a middleware in express

Question

I'm not looking for authorization of a particular request and so I did this.If the request path matches I want to skip the auth.verifyToken middleware.How can I do this.I tried using return next() but its not working.

 eventRouter.param('pin', (req, res, next, pin) => {
        let path = `/event/matchpin/${pin}`;
         if(req.path === path){
            //do something here so that directly executes the route
         }
         //else it executes the auth.verifyToken middleware
        next();
      });
    app.use('/user',auth.verifyToken,eventRouter);

You can add compare check in the middleware itself. Can you post whole code? — Harshal Yeole, Jun 09 '18 at 08:57
I would just apply the middleware to all routes that need it and not on anything you don't at the router definition level rather than "globally" applying to the endpoint with `use`. See: [Use specific middleware in Express for all paths except a specific one](https://stackoverflow.com/a/12924759/2313887) — Neil Lunn, Jun 09 '18 at 09:05
@CaptainJackSparrow I cannot because params is not accessible in the middleware — Rahul jhawar, Jun 09 '18 at 09:08

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 09 '18 at 09:02

next() is used to skip the middleware, you are just using it at the wrong place.

Try this code:

 eventRouter.param('pin', (req, res, next, pin) => {
        let path = `/event/matchpin/${pin}`;
         if(req.path === path){
            // Next will by pass this middleware
            next();
         }
         //else it executes the auth.verifyToken middleware

      });
    app.use('/user',auth.verifyToken,eventRouter);

Skipping a middleware in express

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