Express.js get http method in controller
The answer was quite easy
exports.register = function(req, res) { if (req.method == "POST") { // do form handling } res.render('user/registration.html.swig', { form: form.toHTML() });};But I searched a long time for this approach in the express guide.
Finally the node documentation has such detailed information:http://nodejs.org/api/http.html#http_http_request_options_callback
Now you can use a package in npm => "method-override", which provides a middle-ware layer that overrides the "req.method" property.
Basically your client can send a POST request with a modified "req.method", something like /registration/passportID?_method=PUT.
The
?_method=XXXXX
portion is for the middle-ware to identify that this is an undercover PUT request.
The flow is that the client sends a POST req with data to your server side, and the middle-ware translates the req and run the corresponding "app.put..." route.
I think this is a way of compromise. For more info: method-override