Express.js req.accepts() Function

The req.accepts() function checks if the specified content types are acceptable on the basis of the requests Accept HTTP header field. The method returns the best match, else it returns false if none of the specified content types is acceptable. 

Syntax:

req.accepts( types )

Parameter: The type value is a single MIME type string. 

Return Value: String 

Installation of the express module:

You can visit the link to Install the express module. You can install this package by using this command.

npm install express

After installing the express module, you can check your express version in the command prompt using the command.

npm version express

After that, you can just create a folder and add a file, for example, index.js. To run this file you need to run the following command.

node index.js

Project structure:

Example 1: Filename: index.js 

const express = require('express');
const app = express();
const PORT = 3000;

app.get('/', function (req, res) {
    console.log(req.get('Accept'));
    console.log(req.accepts('application/json'));
    res.end();
});

app.listen(PORT, function (err) {
    if (err) console.log(err);
    console.log("Server listening on PORT", PORT);
});

Steps to run the program:

Make sure you have installed the express module us