What is the difference between req.params, req.query and req.body?

Express basics and middleware · Freshers

Model answer

req.params holds route parameters from the path, such as :id in /users/:id. req.query holds the query string, such as ?page=2. req.body holds the data sent in the request body, available after a body parser such as express.json().

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