req.param() is now deprecated

[dougwilson]

It was dumb, and @hacksparrow bright it up :) Stomping out those weird CGI-isms :) People would just access properties in req.params, req.body or req.query.

Example migrations:

• req.param('user') becomes either req.params.user if it's from the path, req.body.user, if it's a body field, or req.query.user if it's a query string parameter.
• req.param('pageSize', 50) becomes either req.params.pageSize || 50, rea.body.pageSize || 50, req.query.pageSize || 50, etc. It could also be a full req.params.pageSize || req.body.pageSize || req.query.pageSize || 50 to mimic the full fallback (assumes you cannot specify a page size of 0).

[hacksparrow]

Added deprecation notice - http://expressjs.com/4x/api.html#req.param

[dougwilson]

LGTM

[Hillaryudechukwu]

This was very helpful