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Common Routing Mistakes in Express (and How to Avoid Them)

What are common Express routing mistakes?

The answer

Routes in wrong order (wildcards first), middleware without next(), handler without response, wrong mount path, same path with different methods, async errors not caught, GET for non-idempotent actions, inconsistent status codes, no versioning, and all routes in app.js.

More FAQs in Common Routing Mistakes in Express (and How to Avoid Them)

Probably a wildcard route is declared before them. Express matches in declaration order, so /users/* catches /users/me before /users/me can. Fix: declare specific routes before wildcards.

A middleware forgot to call next() or a handler forgot to send a response. Every middleware must call next() or respond; every handler must respond or pass to next(err). No orphans.

Because /:id was declared before /me. /:id matches any string, including 'me'. Fix: declare /me before /:id, or use a different path like /me/profile.

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