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Express Web Application Development

You're reading from   Express Web Application Development Here's a comprehensive guide to making the most of Express's flexibility in building web applications. With lots of screenshots and examples, it's the perfect step-by-step manual for those with an intermediate knowledge of JavaScript.

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jun 2013
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781849696548
Length 236 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Setting and getting application options


An Express application has a set of predefined application variables that are used to configure various options of the app. These variables are used for setting various dynamic aspects of the app and can be set using the app.set() method. So far we have used two of them:

app.set('view engine', 'jade');
app.set('views', './views');

The values of application variables can be retrieved using the corresponding app.get() method.

The following table lists all the options that can be configured in an Express app:

Option

Purpose

env

The environment the app is running on. Not recommended to set manually. You will read more about this in the next section.

trust proxy

Enables reverse proxy.

jsonp callback name

Callback name for JSONP requests.

json replacer

The JSON replacer callback.

json spaces

The amount of space for indenting JSON responses.

case sensitive routing

Makes route names case-sensitive.

strict routing

Trailing slash at...

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