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Server Side development with Node.js and Koa.js Quick Start Guide

You're reading from   Server Side development with Node.js and Koa.js Quick Start Guide Build robust and scalable web applications with modern JavaScript techniques

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Product type Paperback
Published in Nov 2018
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781789345391
Length 132 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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The context object

The Koa context object usually referred to as ctx is a combination of Node's request and response objects into a single object. A new context is created per request. It can be accessed in a middleware function as the first argument in the function.

It is often referenced in middleware as the ctx identifier, as seen in the following example:

app.use(async ctx => {
ctx; // context object
ctx.request; // Request object
ctx.response; // Response object
});

The context object contains methods and properties which either belong specifically to the object or are aliases of methods and properties in the request and response objects.

Both the request and response objects will be discussed in detail in later sections

Context object API

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