Express.js req.get() Function

Last Updated : 08 Jan, 2025

The req.get() function returns the specified HTTP request header field which is a case-insensitive match and the Referrer and Referrer fields are interchangeable.

Syntax:

req.get( field )

Parameter: The field parameter specifies the HTTP request header field.

Return Value: String.

Installation of the express module:

You can visit the link to Install the express module. You can install this package by using this command.

npm install express

After installing the express module, you can check your express version in the command prompt using the command.

npm version express

After that, you can just create a folder and add a file, for example, index.js. To run this file you need to run the following command.

node index.js

Project Structure:

Example 1: Filename: index.js

javascript

const express = require('express');
const app = express();
const PORT = 3000;

app.get('/', function (req, res) {
    console.log(req.get('Content-Type'));
    res.end();
});

app.listen(PORT, function (err) {
    if (err) console.log(err);
    console.log("Server listening on PORT", PORT);
});

Steps to run the program:

Make sure you have installed the express module using the following command:

npm install express

Run the index.js file using the below command:

node index.js

Output:

Console Output:

Server listening on PORT 3000

Browser Output:

Now make a GET request to http://localhost:3000/ with the header set to 'content-type: text/plain', then you will see the following output on your console:

Server listening on PORT 3000
text/plain

Example 2: Filename: index.js

javascript

const express = require('express');
const app = express();
const PORT = 3000;

app.get('/', function (req, res) {
    console.log(req.get('Anything-else'));
    res.end();
});

app.listen(PORT, function (err) {
    if (err) console.log(err);
    console.log("Server listening on PORT", PORT);
});