node.js - Catch all route EXCEPT for /login

Question

I am currently writing an API which will require a user to pass an authentication token in the header of each request. Now I know I can create a catchall route say

app.get('/*', function(req,res){

});

but I was wondering how do I make it so that it excludes certain routes such as /login or /?

Answer 1

I'm not sure what you want to happen when a user accesses /login or /, but you can create separate routes for those; if you declare them before the catch-all, they get first dibs at handling the incoming requests:

app.get('/login', function(req, res) {
  ...
});

app.get('/', function(req, res) {
  ...
});

app.get('*', function(req, res) {
  ...
});