Multiple optional route parameters in Express?

Question

I am using Express to handle a route which is in the format of /articles/:year/:month/:day, where year, month and day are optional.

• If none of the thr

Answer 1

The expressjs's guide to routing mentions:

Express uses path-to-regexp for matching the route paths; see the path-to-regexp documentation for all the possibilities in defining route paths. Express Route Tester is a handy tool for testing basic Express routes, although it does not support pattern matching.

Basically, you can use the ? character to make the parameter optional.

/articles/:year?/:month?/:day?