Thanks Ryan - that's correct. I want to get a url like that for any event that is created in the events table in the db. Thanks for the help - I'll try out the slug-way...
On Wednesday, March 20, 2013 4:47:53 PM UTC-4, ryandesign wrote: > > You would like users to be able to access a URL like the following, right? > > http://example.com/events/chicago-the-musical > > To accomplish this, you'll need a column in your database table that > contains e.g. for this record the string "chicago-the-musical". I've heard > this type of value referred to as a "slug" so I'll call it that. > > Your route will be something like: > > > app.get("/events/:slug", function(res, res) { ... }); > > > In the "..." code, "chicago-the-musical" will be available to you in > req.params.slug. You can query your database for that to get the relevant > record. > > > > On Mar 20, 2013, at 13:15, Jatin Patel wrote: > > > Sorry - am drawing a blank - I guess I must be not getting something > simple here. > > -- -- Job Board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ Posting guidelines: https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List-Posting-Guidelines You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "nodejs" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nodejs?hl=en?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "nodejs" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
