Simple Express Snippets

The essential collection of Express Snippets and commands.

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Only what you need and nothing more.

Simply, simple Express snippets.

These snippets were selected carefully from my own day-to-day Express use. Not everything in Express is included here. This is a hand selected set of snippets that work the way that you would expect, not just a copy of the documentation.

Snippets

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ess - Express simple server Setup

const express = require("express");
// In typescript
// import express from 'express';

const app = express();

app.listen(3000, () => {
  console.log(`Server is Listening on 3000`);
});

eue - Express URL encoded

app.use(express.urlencoded({ extended: false }));

ejson - Express set to use json

app.use(express.json());

estatic - Express set the static folder

app.use(express.static("public"));

esrouter - Create a simple router object

const express = require("express");
// In typescript
// import express from 'express';
const router = express.Router();

module.exports = router;
// In typescript
// export default router;

ergr - A router based get route

router.get("", (request, response) => {});

erpr - A router based post route

router.post("", (request, response) => {});

espr - A simple based get route

app.get("", (request, response) => {});

espr - A simple based post route

app.post("", (request, response) => {});

Thank You! ❤️

Special thanks to the following individuals who have helped with this project in some way.

• @raxraj
• @anxxica