Node.js, MongoDB, and AngularJS Web Development

Redirecting a Response

When you’re implementing a webserver, you may need to redirect a request from the client to a different location on the same server or on a completely different server. The res.redirect(path) method handles redirection of a request to a new location.

Listing 18.7 illustrates the various redirection addressing that you can use. Line 6 redirects to a completely new domain address. Line 9 redirects to a different path on the same server, and line 15 redirects to a relative path on the same server.

Listing 18.7 express_redirect.js: Redirecting requests on an Express server

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01 var express = require('express');02 var url = require('url');03 var app = express();04 app.listen(80);05 app.get('/google', ...