Third Attack (Express 4.x API Reference)

Too have a big picture of what is “Express”, taking a look at all the available API, methods and properities maybe a good choice.

express()

Application

Properties

• app.locals
• app.mountpath

Events

• mount

Methods

• app.all()
• app.delete()
• app.disable()
• app.disabled()
• app.enable()
• app.enabled()
• app.engine()
• app.get()
• app.get()
• app.listen()
• app.METHOD()
• app.param()
• app.path()
• app.post()
• app.put()
• app.render()
• app.route()
• app.set()
• app.use()

Request

Properties

• req.app
• req.baseUrl
• req.body
• req.cookies
• req.fresh
• req.hostname
• req.ip
• req.ips
• req.originalUrl
• req.params
• req.path
• req.protocol
• req.query
• req.route
• req.secure
• req.signedCookies
• req.stale
• req.subdomains
• req.xhr

Methods

• req.accepts()
• req.acceptsCharsets()
• req.acceptsEncodings()
• req.acceptsLanguages()
• req.get()
• req.is()
• req.param()

Response

Properties

• res.app
• res.headersSent
• res.locals

Methods

• res.append()
• res.attachment()
• res.cookie()
• res.clearCookie()
• res.download()
• res.end()
• res.format()
• res.get()
• res.json()
• res.jsonp()
• res.links()
• res.location()
• res.redirect()
• res.render()
• res.send()
• res.sendFile()
• res.sendStatus()
• res.set()
• res.status()
• res.type()
• res.vary()

Router

Methods

• router.all()
• router.METHOD()
• router.param()
• router.route()
• router.use()

So the next step to know how to play with Express.js is to understand some popular methods and properiries.