connect-slashes
v1.4.0
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Trailing slash redirect middleware for Connect and Express.js
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connect-slashes
Trailing slash redirect middleware for Connect and Express.js. Useful for creating canonical urls in your Node.js applications.
Installation
$ npm install connect-slashes
Usage
var connect = require("connect")
, slashes = require("connect-slashes");
connect() // or express()
.use(connect.static())
.use(slashes()) // must come after static middleware!
.listen(3000);
Alternatively, you can pass false
as the first argument to .slashes()
in order to remove trailing slashes instead of appending them:
.use(slashes(false));
Additional settings
You can also pass a second argument with an options object. For example, if an application is behind a reverse proxy server that removes part of the URL (a base_path) before proxying to the application, then the base
can be specified with an option:
.use(slashes(true, { base: "/blog" })); // prepends a base url to the redirect
By default, all redirects are using the 301 Moved Permanently header. You can change this behavior by passing in the optional code
option:
.use(slashes(true, { code: 302 })); // 302 Temporary redirects
You can also set additional headers to the redirect response with the headers
option:
.use(slashes(true, { headers: { "Cache-Control": "public" } }));
Notes
- Only GET, HEAD, and OPTIONS requests will be redirected (to avoid losing POST/PUT data)
- This middleware will append or remove a trailing slash to all request urls. This includes filenames (/app.css => /app.css/), so it may break your static files. Make sure to
.use()
this middleware only after theconnect.static()
middleware.
LICENSE
MIT