Express: Redirect within Route

[tarunlalwani]

How do I redirect within a route?

var express = require('express');
var router = express.Router();

router.get('/', function(req,res){
    //do something
});

router.get('/delete/:id', function(req, res){
   // redirect to / in current route??
});

[sixlettervariables]

You can use relative paths:

res.redirect('..'); // just one '..' as {id} doesn't have a trailing slash

[tarunlalwani]

Okie. That should work. But it would be easier to use same paths if possible directly through some router method in future version.

Because if we use multi level path then we will have to figure out what relative path to use. Not a big deal as such, just a convenience thing

[sixlettervariables]

Then given your current structure req.baseUrl, may have what you are looking for.

[aredridel]

Yeah, seconding req.baseUrl. Combining that with url or path manipulation tools like the ones in require('path') and require('url'), you should be able to easily create an argument to res.redirect that suits your needs.

[dougwilson]

@tarlabs yes, you just want to examine/concat to req.baseUrl. For your example above:

var express = require('express');
var router = express.Router();

router.get('/', function(req,res){
   //do something
});

router.get('/delete/:id', function(req, res){
  // redirect to / in current router
  res.redirect(req.baseUrl + '/');
});

[tarunlalwani]

Thanks a lot for the help :-). Really appreciate the fast responses from all