node.js with express how to remove the query string from the url

Question

I have a button that is performing a get to my page and adding a filter to the query string. My code applies that filter to the grid...but the user can remove/edit that fil

Answer 1

Use url.parse() to get the components of your address, which is req.url. The url without the query string is stored in the pathname property.

Use express' redirect to send the new page address.

const url = require('url'); // built-in utility
res.redirect(url.parse(req.url).pathname);

Node docs for url.