Below is the code I currently have:
app.get('/', function (req, res) {
req.query.searchQuery = 'test2'
res.redirect('/search');
});
app.get('/search/', function (req, res) {
var searchQuery = req.query.searchQuery;
res.send(searchQuery);
});
I am exploring how to pass and retrieve a query string as part of implementing search functionality. While accessing '/', it redirects to '/search' without responding with the search query. To address this, I modified the top route like so:
app.get('/', function (req, res) {
req.query.searchQuery = 'test2'
res.redirect('/search?searchQuery=' + req.query.searchQuery);
});
As a result, it now redirects to '/search?searchQuery=test2' and the '/search' get handler successfully prints out the query. Nonetheless, I'm uncertain if this approach aligns with best practices for handling query strings in Express since I couldn't find documentation on similar examples.