Forward request to alternate request handler instead of redirect

Question

I\'m using Node.js with express and already know the existence of response.redirect().

However, I\'m looking for more of a forward() funct

Answer 1

Using the next function does not work if the next handler is not added in the right order. Instead of using next, I use the router to register the handlers and call

router.get("/a/path", function(req, res){
    req.url = "/another/path";
    router.handle(req, res);
}