Request

The first parameter of the handler function is Request. Request is a core Fastify object containing the following fields:

  • query - the parsed querystring
  • body - the body
  • params - the params matching the URL
  • headers - the headers
  • raw - the incoming HTTP request from Node core
  • req (deprecated, use .raw instead) - the incoming HTTP request from Node core
  • server - The Fastify server instance, scoped to the current encapsulation context
  • id - the request id
  • log - the logger instance of the incoming request
  • ip - the IP address of the incoming request
  • ips - an array of the IP addresses, ordered from closest to furthest, in the X-Forwarded-For header of the incoming request (only when the trustProxy option is enabled)
  • hostname - the hostname of the incoming request (derived from X-Forwarded-Host header when the trustProxy option is enabled)
  • protocol - the protocol of the incoming request (https or http)
  • method - the method of the incoming request
  • url - the url of the incoming request
  • routerMethod - the method defined for the router that is handling the request
  • routerPath - the path pattern defined for the router that is handling the request
  • is404 - true if request is being handled by 404 handler, false if it is not
  • connection - Deprecated, use socket instead. The underlying connection of the incoming request.
  • socket - the underlying connection of the incoming request
  • context - A Fastify internal object. You should not use it directly or modify it. It is usefull to access one special key:
  • context.config - The route config object.
1. fastify.post('/:params', options, function (request, reply) {
2. console.log(request.body)
3. console.log(request.query)
4. console.log(request.params)
5. console.log(request.headers)
6. console.log(request.raw)
7. console.log(request.server)
8. console.log(request.id)
9. console.log(request.ip)
10. console.log(request.ips)
11. console.log(request.hostname)
12. console.log(request.protocol)
13. request.log.info('some info')
14. })