Using Ray with Express.js

Express.js is a fast, unopinionated, minimalist web framework for Node.js. Use Ray to help you debug when developing Express.js applications and middleware.

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Installing the package

npm install express-ray

yarn add express-ray

Installing the plugin

To install the express-ray plugin into your Express.js application, call the install method provided by the plugin import:

import express from 'express';
import { plugin as expressRayPlugin } from 'express-ray';

const app = express();

expressRayPlugin.install(app);

Once installed, you can use ray() from anywhere in your Express.js application:

app.get('/', (req, res) => {
    ray('Request received!');
    ray(req.query);

res.send('Hello World!');
});

Usage

All JavaScript methods are available when using Express.js.

What's next?

Now that Ray is installed in your Express.js project, see what you can use it for.

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