Rewrite url path using node.js

Question

Is it possible to rewrite the URL path using node.js?(I\'m also using Express 3.0)

I\'ve tried something like this:

req.url = \'foo\';

Answer 1

A good idea should be to update the path too. My method suggestions:

app.use(function(req, res, next) {
    console.log("request", req.originalUrl);
    const removeOnRoutes = '/not-wanted-route-part';
    req.originalUrl = req.originalUrl.replace(removeOnRoutes,'');
    req.path = req.path.replace(removeOnRoutes,'');
    return next();
});

By this way /not-wanted-route-part/users will became /users