interface Express {
    _router: any;
    all: IRouterMatcher<Express, "all">;
    checkout: IRouterMatcher<Express, any>;
    connect: IRouterMatcher<Express, any>;
    copy: IRouterMatcher<Express, any>;
    delete: IRouterMatcher<Express, "delete">;
    get: ((name: string) => any) & IRouterMatcher<Express, any>;
    head: IRouterMatcher<Express, "head">;
    link: IRouterMatcher<Express, any>;
    locals: Record<string, any> & Locals;
    lock: IRouterMatcher<Express, any>;
    m-search: IRouterMatcher<Express, any>;
    map: any;
    merge: IRouterMatcher<Express, any>;
    mkactivity: IRouterMatcher<Express, any>;
    mkcol: IRouterMatcher<Express, any>;
    mountpath: string | string[];
    move: IRouterMatcher<Express, any>;
    notify: IRouterMatcher<Express, any>;
    on: ((event: string, callback: ((parent: Application<Record<string, any>>) => void)) => this);
    options: IRouterMatcher<Express, "options">;
    patch: IRouterMatcher<Express, "patch">;
    post: IRouterMatcher<Express, "post">;
    propfind: IRouterMatcher<Express, any>;
    proppatch: IRouterMatcher<Express, any>;
    purge: IRouterMatcher<Express, any>;
    put: IRouterMatcher<Express, "put">;
    report: IRouterMatcher<Express, any>;
    request: Request<ParamsDictionary, any, any, ParsedQs, Record<string, any>>;
    resource: any;
    response: Response<any, Record<string, any>, number>;
    router: string;
    routes: any;
    search: IRouterMatcher<Express, any>;
    settings: any;
    stack: ILayer[];
    subscribe: IRouterMatcher<Express, any>;
    trace: IRouterMatcher<Express, any>;
    unlink: IRouterMatcher<Express, any>;
    unlock: IRouterMatcher<Express, any>;
    unsubscribe: IRouterMatcher<Express, any>;
    use: ApplicationRequestHandler<Express>;
    [captureRejectionSymbol]?<K>(error: Error, event: string | symbol, ...args: AnyRest): void;
    addListener<K>(eventName: string | symbol, listener: ((...args: any[]) => void)): this;
    defaultConfiguration(): void;
    disable(setting: string): this;
    disabled(setting: string): boolean;
    emit<K>(eventName: string | symbol, ...args: AnyRest): boolean;
    enable(setting: string): this;
    enabled(setting: string): boolean;
    engine(ext: string, fn: ((path: string, options: object, callback: ((e: any, rendered?: string) => void)) => void)): this;
    eventNames(): (string | symbol)[];
    getMaxListeners(): number;
    init(): void;
    listen(port: number, hostname: string, backlog: number, callback?: (() => void)): Server<typeof IncomingMessage, typeof ServerResponse>;
    listen(port: number, hostname: string, callback?: (() => void)): Server<typeof IncomingMessage, typeof ServerResponse>;
    listen(port: number, callback?: (() => void)): Server<typeof IncomingMessage, typeof ServerResponse>;
    listen(callback?: (() => void)): Server<typeof IncomingMessage, typeof ServerResponse>;
    listen(path: string, callback?: (() => void)): Server<typeof IncomingMessage, typeof ServerResponse>;
    listen(handle: any, listeningListener?: (() => void)): Server<typeof IncomingMessage, typeof ServerResponse>;
    listenerCount<K>(eventName: string | symbol, listener?: Function): number;
    listeners<K>(eventName: string | symbol): Function[];
    off<K>(eventName: string | symbol, listener: ((...args: any[]) => void)): this;
    once<K>(eventName: string | symbol, listener: ((...args: any[]) => void)): this;
    param(name: string | string[], handler: RequestParamHandler): this;
    param(callback: ((name: string, matcher: RegExp) => RequestParamHandler)): this;
    path(): string;
    prependListener<K>(eventName: string | symbol, listener: ((...args: any[]) => void)): this;
    prependOnceListener<K>(eventName: string | symbol, listener: ((...args: any[]) => void)): this;
    rawListeners<K>(eventName: string | symbol): Function[];
    removeAllListeners(eventName?: string | symbol): this;
    removeListener<K>(eventName: string | symbol, listener: ((...args: any[]) => void)): this;
    render(name: string, options?: object, callback?: ((err: Error, html: string) => void)): void;
    render(name: string, callback: ((err: Error, html: string) => void)): void;
    route<T>(prefix: T): IRoute<T>;
    route(prefix: PathParams): IRoute<string>;
    set(setting: string, val: any): this;
    setMaxListeners(n: number): this;
    (req: Request<ParamsDictionary, any, any, ParsedQs, Record<string, any>> | IncomingMessage, res: Response<any, Record<string, any>, number> | ServerResponse<IncomingMessage>): any;
    (req: Request<ParamsDictionary, any, any, ParsedQs, Record<string, any>>, res: Response<any, Record<string, any>, number>, next: NextFunction): void | Promise<void>;
}

Hierarchy

  • Express
    • Express
  • Express instance itself is a request handler, which could be invoked without third argument.

    Parameters

    • req: Request<ParamsDictionary, any, any, ParsedQs, Record<string, any>> | IncomingMessage
    • res: Response<any, Record<string, any>, number> | ServerResponse<IncomingMessage>

    Returns any

  • Parameters

    • req: Request<ParamsDictionary, any, any, ParsedQs, Record<string, any>>
    • res: Response<any, Record<string, any>, number>
    • next: NextFunction

    Returns void | Promise<void>

Properties

_router: any

Used to get all registered routes in Express Application

all: IRouterMatcher<Express, "all">

Special-cased "all" method, applying the given route path, middleware, and callback to every HTTP method.

checkout: IRouterMatcher<Express, any>
connect: IRouterMatcher<Express, any>
copy: IRouterMatcher<Express, any>
delete: IRouterMatcher<Express, "delete">
get: ((name: string) => any) & IRouterMatcher<Express, any>
head: IRouterMatcher<Express, "head">
link: IRouterMatcher<Express, any>
locals: Record<string, any> & Locals
lock: IRouterMatcher<Express, any>
m-search: IRouterMatcher<Express, any>
map: any
merge: IRouterMatcher<Express, any>
mkactivity: IRouterMatcher<Express, any>
mkcol: IRouterMatcher<Express, any>
mountpath: string | string[]

The app.mountpath property contains one or more path patterns on which a sub-app was mounted.

move: IRouterMatcher<Express, any>
notify: IRouterMatcher<Express, any>
on: ((event: string, callback: ((parent: Application<Record<string, any>>) => void)) => this)

The mount event is fired on a sub-app, when it is mounted on a parent app. The parent app is passed to the callback function.

NOTE: Sub-apps will:

  • Not inherit the value of settings that have a default value. You must set the value in the sub-app.
  • Inherit the value of settings with no default value.
options: IRouterMatcher<Express, "options">
patch: IRouterMatcher<Express, "patch">
post: IRouterMatcher<Express, "post">
propfind: IRouterMatcher<Express, any>
proppatch: IRouterMatcher<Express, any>
purge: IRouterMatcher<Express, any>
put: IRouterMatcher<Express, "put">
report: IRouterMatcher<Express, any>
request: Request<ParamsDictionary, any, any, ParsedQs, Record<string, any>>
resource: any
response: Response<any, Record<string, any>, number>
router: string
routes: any

The app.routes object houses all of the routes defined mapped by the associated HTTP verb. This object may be used for introspection capabilities, for example Express uses this internally not only for routing but to provide default OPTIONS behaviour unless app.options() is used. Your application or framework may also remove routes by simply by removing them from this object.

search: IRouterMatcher<Express, any>
settings: any
stack: ILayer[]

Stack of configured routes

subscribe: IRouterMatcher<Express, any>
trace: IRouterMatcher<Express, any>
unlink: IRouterMatcher<Express, any>
unlock: IRouterMatcher<Express, any>
unsubscribe: IRouterMatcher<Express, any>
use: ApplicationRequestHandler<Express>

Methods

  • Type Parameters

    • K

    Parameters

    • error: Error
    • event: string | symbol
    • Rest...args: AnyRest

    Returns void

  • Alias for emitter.on(eventName, listener).

    Type Parameters

    • K

    Parameters

    • eventName: string | symbol
    • listener: ((...args: any[]) => void)
        • (...args): void
        • Parameters

          • Rest...args: any[]

          Returns void

    Returns this

    v0.1.26

  • Initialize application configuration.

    Returns void

  • Disable setting.

    Parameters

    • setting: string

    Returns this

  • Check if setting is disabled.

    app.disabled('foo') // => true

    app.enable('foo') app.disabled('foo') // => false

    Parameters

    • setting: string

    Returns boolean

  • Synchronously calls each of the listeners registered for the event named eventName, in the order they were registered, passing the supplied arguments to each.

    Returns true if the event had listeners, false otherwise.

    import { EventEmitter } from 'node:events';
    const myEmitter = new EventEmitter();

    // First listener
    myEmitter.on('event', function firstListener() {
    console.log('Helloooo! first listener');
    });
    // Second listener
    myEmitter.on('event', function secondListener(arg1, arg2) {
    console.log(`event with parameters ${arg1}, ${arg2} in second listener`);
    });
    // Third listener
    myEmitter.on('event', function thirdListener(...args) {
    const parameters = args.join(', ');
    console.log(`event with parameters ${parameters} in third listener`);
    });

    console.log(myEmitter.listeners('event'));

    myEmitter.emit('event', 1, 2, 3, 4, 5);

    // Prints:
    // [
    // [Function: firstListener],
    // [Function: secondListener],
    // [Function: thirdListener]
    // ]
    // Helloooo! first listener
    // event with parameters 1, 2 in second listener
    // event with parameters 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 in third listener

    Type Parameters

    • K

    Parameters

    • eventName: string | symbol
    • Rest...args: AnyRest

    Returns boolean

    v0.1.26

  • Enable setting.

    Parameters

    • setting: string

    Returns this

  • Check if setting is enabled (truthy).

    app.enabled('foo') // => false

    app.enable('foo') app.enabled('foo') // => true

    Parameters

    • setting: string

    Returns boolean

  • Register the given template engine callback fn as ext.

    By default will require() the engine based on the file extension. For example if you try to render a "foo.jade" file Express will invoke the following internally:

    app.engine('jade', require('jade').__express);
    

    For engines that do not provide .__express out of the box, or if you wish to "map" a different extension to the template engine you may use this method. For example mapping the EJS template engine to ".html" files:

    app.engine('html', require('ejs').renderFile);
    

    In this case EJS provides a .renderFile() method with the same signature that Express expects: (path, options, callback), though note that it aliases this method as ejs.__express internally so if you're using ".ejs" extensions you dont need to do anything.

    Some template engines do not follow this convention, the Consolidate.js library was created to map all of node's popular template engines to follow this convention, thus allowing them to work seamlessly within Express.

    Parameters

    • ext: string
    • fn: ((path: string, options: object, callback: ((e: any, rendered?: string) => void)) => void)
        • (path, options, callback): void
        • Parameters

          • path: string
          • options: object
          • callback: ((e: any, rendered?: string) => void)
              • (e, rendered?): void
              • Parameters

                • e: any
                • Optionalrendered: string

                Returns void

          Returns void

    Returns this

  • Returns an array listing the events for which the emitter has registered listeners. The values in the array are strings or Symbols.

    import { EventEmitter } from 'node:events';

    const myEE = new EventEmitter();
    myEE.on('foo', () => {});
    myEE.on('bar', () => {});

    const sym = Symbol('symbol');
    myEE.on(sym, () => {});

    console.log(myEE.eventNames());
    // Prints: [ 'foo', 'bar', Symbol(symbol) ]

    Returns (string | symbol)[]

    v6.0.0

  • Returns the current max listener value for the EventEmitter which is either set by emitter.setMaxListeners(n) or defaults to defaultMaxListeners.

    Returns number

    v1.0.0

  • Initialize the server.

    • setup default configuration
    • setup default middleware
    • setup route reflection methods

    Returns void

  • Listen for connections.

    A node http.Server is returned, with this application (which is a Function) as its callback. If you wish to create both an HTTP and HTTPS server you may do so with the "http" and "https" modules as shown here:

    var http = require('http') , https = require('https') , express = require('express') , app = express();

    http.createServer(app).listen(80); https.createServer({ ... }, app).listen(443);

    Parameters

    • port: number
    • hostname: string
    • backlog: number
    • Optionalcallback: (() => void)
        • (): void
        • Returns void

    Returns Server<typeof IncomingMessage, typeof ServerResponse>

  • Parameters

    • port: number
    • hostname: string
    • Optionalcallback: (() => void)
        • (): void
        • Returns void

    Returns Server<typeof IncomingMessage, typeof ServerResponse>

  • Parameters

    • port: number
    • Optionalcallback: (() => void)
        • (): void
        • Returns void

    Returns Server<typeof IncomingMessage, typeof ServerResponse>

  • Parameters

    • Optionalcallback: (() => void)
        • (): void
        • Returns void

    Returns Server<typeof IncomingMessage, typeof ServerResponse>

  • Parameters

    • path: string
    • Optionalcallback: (() => void)
        • (): void
        • Returns void

    Returns Server<typeof IncomingMessage, typeof ServerResponse>

  • Parameters

    • handle: any
    • OptionallisteningListener: (() => void)
        • (): void
        • Returns void

    Returns Server<typeof IncomingMessage, typeof ServerResponse>

  • Returns the number of listeners listening for the event named eventName. If listener is provided, it will return how many times the listener is found in the list of the listeners of the event.

    Type Parameters

    • K

    Parameters

    • eventName: string | symbol

      The name of the event being listened for

    • Optionallistener: Function

      The event handler function

    Returns number

    v3.2.0

  • Returns a copy of the array of listeners for the event named eventName.

    server.on('connection', (stream) => {
    console.log('someone connected!');
    });
    console.log(util.inspect(server.listeners('connection')));
    // Prints: [ [Function] ]

    Type Parameters

    • K

    Parameters

    • eventName: string | symbol

    Returns Function[]

    v0.1.26

  • Alias for emitter.removeListener().

    Type Parameters

    • K

    Parameters

    • eventName: string | symbol
    • listener: ((...args: any[]) => void)
        • (...args): void
        • Parameters

          • Rest...args: any[]

          Returns void

    Returns this

    v10.0.0

  • Adds a one-time listener function for the event named eventName. The next time eventName is triggered, this listener is removed and then invoked.

    server.once('connection', (stream) => {
    console.log('Ah, we have our first user!');
    });

    Returns a reference to the EventEmitter, so that calls can be chained.

    By default, event listeners are invoked in the order they are added. The emitter.prependOnceListener() method can be used as an alternative to add the event listener to the beginning of the listeners array.

    import { EventEmitter } from 'node:events';
    const myEE = new EventEmitter();
    myEE.once('foo', () => console.log('a'));
    myEE.prependOnceListener('foo', () => console.log('b'));
    myEE.emit('foo');
    // Prints:
    // b
    // a

    Type Parameters

    • K

    Parameters

    • eventName: string | symbol

      The name of the event.

    • listener: ((...args: any[]) => void)

      The callback function

        • (...args): void
        • Parameters

          • Rest...args: any[]

          Returns void

    Returns this

    v0.3.0

  • Map the given param placeholder name(s) to the given callback(s).

    Parameter mapping is used to provide pre-conditions to routes which use normalized placeholders. For example a :user_id parameter could automatically load a user's information from the database without any additional code,

    The callback uses the samesignature as middleware, the only differencing being that the value of the placeholder is passed, in this case the id of the user. Once the next() function is invoked, just like middleware it will continue on to execute the route, or subsequent parameter functions.

     app.param('user_id', function(req, res, next, id){
       User.find(id, function(err, user){
         if (err) {
           next(err);
         } else if (user) {
           req.user = user;
           next();
         } else {
           next(new Error('failed to load user'));
         }
       });
     });
    

    Parameters

    • name: string | string[]
    • handler: RequestParamHandler

    Returns this

  • Alternatively, you can pass only a callback, in which case you have the opportunity to alter the app.param()

    Parameters

    • callback: ((name: string, matcher: RegExp) => RequestParamHandler)
        • (name, matcher): RequestParamHandler
        • Parameters

          • name: string
          • matcher: RegExp

          Returns RequestParamHandler

    Returns this

    since version 4.11

  • Return the app's absolute pathname based on the parent(s) that have mounted it.

    For example if the application was mounted as "/admin", which itself was mounted as "/blog" then the return value would be "/blog/admin".

    Returns string

  • Adds the listener function to the beginning of the listeners array for the event named eventName. No checks are made to see if the listener has already been added. Multiple calls passing the same combination of eventName and listener will result in the listener being added, and called, multiple times.

    server.prependListener('connection', (stream) => {
    console.log('someone connected!');
    });

    Returns a reference to the EventEmitter, so that calls can be chained.

    Type Parameters

    • K

    Parameters

    • eventName: string | symbol

      The name of the event.

    • listener: ((...args: any[]) => void)

      The callback function

        • (...args): void
        • Parameters

          • Rest...args: any[]

          Returns void

    Returns this

    v6.0.0

  • Adds a one-timelistener function for the event named eventName to the beginning of the listeners array. The next time eventName is triggered, this listener is removed, and then invoked.

    server.prependOnceListener('connection', (stream) => {
    console.log('Ah, we have our first user!');
    });

    Returns a reference to the EventEmitter, so that calls can be chained.

    Type Parameters

    • K

    Parameters

    • eventName: string | symbol

      The name of the event.

    • listener: ((...args: any[]) => void)

      The callback function

        • (...args): void
        • Parameters

          • Rest...args: any[]

          Returns void

    Returns this

    v6.0.0

  • Returns a copy of the array of listeners for the event named eventName, including any wrappers (such as those created by .once()).

    import { EventEmitter } from 'node:events';
    const emitter = new EventEmitter();
    emitter.once('log', () => console.log('log once'));

    // Returns a new Array with a function `onceWrapper` which has a property
    // `listener` which contains the original listener bound above
    const listeners = emitter.rawListeners('log');
    const logFnWrapper = listeners[0];

    // Logs "log once" to the console and does not unbind the `once` event
    logFnWrapper.listener();

    // Logs "log once" to the console and removes the listener
    logFnWrapper();

    emitter.on('log', () => console.log('log persistently'));
    // Will return a new Array with a single function bound by `.on()` above
    const newListeners = emitter.rawListeners('log');

    // Logs "log persistently" twice
    newListeners[0]();
    emitter.emit('log');

    Type Parameters

    • K

    Parameters

    • eventName: string | symbol

    Returns Function[]

    v9.4.0

  • Removes all listeners, or those of the specified eventName.

    It is bad practice to remove listeners added elsewhere in the code, particularly when the EventEmitter instance was created by some other component or module (e.g. sockets or file streams).

    Returns a reference to the EventEmitter, so that calls can be chained.

    Parameters

    • OptionaleventName: string | symbol

    Returns this

    v0.1.26

  • Removes the specified listener from the listener array for the event named eventName.

    const callback = (stream) => {
    console.log('someone connected!');
    };
    server.on('connection', callback);
    // ...
    server.removeListener('connection', callback);

    removeListener() will remove, at most, one instance of a listener from the listener array. If any single listener has been added multiple times to the listener array for the specified eventName, then removeListener() must be called multiple times to remove each instance.

    Once an event is emitted, all listeners attached to it at the time of emitting are called in order. This implies that any removeListener() or removeAllListeners() calls after emitting and before the last listener finishes execution will not remove them fromemit() in progress. Subsequent events behave as expected.

    import { EventEmitter } from 'node:events';
    class MyEmitter extends EventEmitter {}
    const myEmitter = new MyEmitter();

    const callbackA = () => {
    console.log('A');
    myEmitter.removeListener('event', callbackB);
    };

    const callbackB = () => {
    console.log('B');
    };

    myEmitter.on('event', callbackA);

    myEmitter.on('event', callbackB);

    // callbackA removes listener callbackB but it will still be called.
    // Internal listener array at time of emit [callbackA, callbackB]
    myEmitter.emit('event');
    // Prints:
    // A
    // B

    // callbackB is now removed.
    // Internal listener array [callbackA]
    myEmitter.emit('event');
    // Prints:
    // A

    Because listeners are managed using an internal array, calling this will change the position indices of any listener registered after the listener being removed. This will not impact the order in which listeners are called, but it means that any copies of the listener array as returned by the emitter.listeners() method will need to be recreated.

    When a single function has been added as a handler multiple times for a single event (as in the example below), removeListener() will remove the most recently added instance. In the example the once('ping') listener is removed:

    import { EventEmitter } from 'node:events';
    const ee = new EventEmitter();

    function pong() {
    console.log('pong');
    }

    ee.on('ping', pong);
    ee.once('ping', pong);
    ee.removeListener('ping', pong);

    ee.emit('ping');
    ee.emit('ping');

    Returns a reference to the EventEmitter, so that calls can be chained.

    Type Parameters

    • K

    Parameters

    • eventName: string | symbol
    • listener: ((...args: any[]) => void)
        • (...args): void
        • Parameters

          • Rest...args: any[]

          Returns void

    Returns this

    v0.1.26

  • Render the given view name name with options and a callback accepting an error and the rendered template string.

    Example:

    app.render('email', { name: 'Tobi' }, function(err, html){ // ... })

    Parameters

    • name: string
    • Optionaloptions: object
    • Optionalcallback: ((err: Error, html: string) => void)
        • (err, html): void
        • Parameters

          • err: Error
          • html: string

          Returns void

    Returns void

  • Parameters

    • name: string
    • callback: ((err: Error, html: string) => void)
        • (err, html): void
        • Parameters

          • err: Error
          • html: string

          Returns void

    Returns void

  • Type Parameters

    • T extends string

    Parameters

    • prefix: T

    Returns IRoute<T>

  • Parameters

    • prefix: PathParams

    Returns IRoute<string>

  • Assign setting to val, or return setting's value.

    app.set('foo', 'bar'); app.get('foo'); // => "bar" app.set('foo', ['bar', 'baz']); app.get('foo'); // => ["bar", "baz"]

    Mounted servers inherit their parent server's settings.

    Parameters

    • setting: string
    • val: any

    Returns this

  • By default EventEmitters will print a warning if more than 10 listeners are added for a particular event. This is a useful default that helps finding memory leaks. The emitter.setMaxListeners() method allows the limit to be modified for this specific EventEmitter instance. The value can be set to Infinity (or 0) to indicate an unlimited number of listeners.

    Returns a reference to the EventEmitter, so that calls can be chained.

    Parameters

    • n: number

    Returns this

    v0.3.5