router: a simple way to extract params from a query

[zandaq]

Hi,
Using router middleware, I can only extract params from a query string by parsing req:
app.get('/search', function(req, res){
var q = require('url').parse(req.url, true)['query']['q'];
res.simpleBody('200', q);
});
is it normal? I think it would be pretty good to add functionality making this process easier.
And also a method to check is it ajax request or not.
Thanks.

[tj]

Those are typically things a higher level framework built in connect would provide. Closing for now

[bentomas]

So are things like res.simpleBody() and res.redirect(). I think Connect is right now sitting sort of in the middle. I personally agree that Connect shouldn't try and be a higher level framework, to make it as flexible as possible (especially considering I am rewriting my framework to sit on top of Connect). I just think it needs to choose a direction. I think req and res should not be extended.

[tj]

I can agree with that. res.simpleBody() is used a bit internally but it does not have to be. redirect and similar could easily be in a contrib repo, but I guess you could say the same about flash too. tough call. I think these are nice pieces to optionally allow for framework builders, but they should be optional at least. We could add a query string parser middleware but I think that will have many use cases, express for example has param() which checks GET (querystring), POST, and route related vars, but lots of other frameworks will do it completely differently

[weepy]

I think 'we' need to start having another folder or repo of cool middlewares that aren't core, but still very useful - this params middleware would fit right in there.

[tj]

yeah i agree. Even if its just a wiki page or something. Managing them all under one repo is a bit annoying