How to redirect user to another page while passing parameters without using cookies

Question

I need to redirect users from URLs like /?v=xxx to the index without parameters while passing these parameters in some other way to actually use them internally (so I just want to remove the parameters from the address).

The first idea I came up with was the usage of custom headers:

app.get('/', function(req, res) {
  if (req.query.v !== undefined) {
    res.set('Video-ID', req.query.v);
    res.redirect('/');
  } else {
    console.log(req.get('Video-ID'));
    res.render('index', {
      videoID: req.get('Video-ID')
    });
  }
});

but it seems that it doesn't work -- console.log(req.get('Video-ID')); prints undefined every time.

Is there any way to redirect user while passing arguments internally without using cookies? If I have to use cookies, what is the best way to do it in Express 4 then?

use the session if you want to do that, but ... why do you want to do it ? — sirrocco, Dec 18 '15 at 08:58
I usually use local storage, read more about it here http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3220660/local-storage-vs-cookies — min che, Dec 18 '15 at 09:37
@robertklep I know, but it didn't seem like he knew what he wanted. — sirrocco, Dec 18 '15 at 14:29

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 18 '15 at 09:12

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You won't be able to achieve this.

cookie-parser is a great tool. Though, you can use Express's cookies and they will do what you need.

// Before redirect
res.cookie('videoId', '123456789');
// After redirect method
res.clearCookie('videoId');

answered Dec 18 '15 at 09:12

Andrius

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