Feature Request: Get parameter position

While you can retrieve GET parameters using req.query I’m not familiar with a method to retrieve a parameter’s position.

Let me clarify the use case: I’m building a server that filters a database by given filter parameters, in the same order they are passed. Therefore I need to determine the arrangement of filter parameters.

You probably wouldn’t like to add the position directly to the parameter, e.g. req.query.x.pos. Therefore my idea is to have a separate array with the positions, e.g. req.queryPosition.x.

Example:

/?test1=true&test2=false

req.queryPosition.test1
// => 0

req.queryPosition.test2
// => 1

[wesleytodd]

To me this seems like something a third party library should do, not express core. You have direct access to the full url already, so parsing the querystring in this way should be simple.

[dougwilson]

I’m going to close this because it seems like the conversation has stalled, with no follow up on the questions to move forward.