node js calling functions

Question

I am writing a big program (in size) using node js/Express.

I have multiple app.post functions and all. so, most of them need to do validation on coming Request and send a response.

So, I am created a function called Validate(); if the validation fails I will send the response to telling " please try again with information where validation Failed".

so, I created

function validate() { ...}

in the

app.post('/',function(req,res){
...

validate();
}

All the required parameters in req I am writing to a DB so I can access any where so that is not the problem now. Issue is : How do I send the "res" object. write now in validate if I try to call res. it will complain it is not defined.

so how to resolve this.

2) I tried to write the response of validate() in DB. and after that I tried to call the res: that is :

app.post('/',function(req,res){
...

validate();

res ..
}

As node is asyc this function validate response is not used by the res.

has any one come across issue like this

Jonathan Lonowski · Accepted Answer · 2012-12-17 05:49:18Z

10

You should pass them as arguments:

function validate(req, res) {
    // ...
}

app.post('/', function (req, res) {
    validate(req, res);

    // ...
});

You can also define it as a custom middleware, calling a 3rd argument, next, when the request is deemed valid and pass it to app.post as another callback:

function validate(req, res, next) {
    var isValid = ...;

    if (isValid) {
        next();
    } else {
        res.send("please try again");
    }
}

app.post('/', validate, function (req, res) {
    // validation has already passed by this point...
});

Error handling in Express may also be useful with next(err).

edited Dec 17, 2012 at 5:49

answered Dec 17, 2012 at 5:43

Jonathan Lonowski

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The Learner Over a year ago

Thanks Jonathan. also In function declaration we mention the datatype. dont we need to mention the data type here

Jonathan Lonowski Over a year ago

@TheLearner Nope. JavaScript variables are dynamic, so you just have to name them -- developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/JavaScript/Guide/Functions. Though, if you're using another ECMAScript variant, such as TypeScript, then you might need to specify the types.

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