Middleware

[sree-r-one]

functions that are executed in the server during request.

• access to req and res objects
• when we have a middleware, unless we are sending the response ourselves, we must pass it to the next middleware

          const logger = (req, res, next) => {
            const { method, url } = req;
            const time = new Date().getFullYear();
            console.log(method, url, time);
            next();
          };

          app.get("/", logger, (req, res) => {
            res.send("home");
          });

• we need to have a lean app.js file
• we also need to address the issue of having