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							|  |  | ## Routes
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							|  |  | The routes methods will configure the endpoints of your application. You have
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							|  |  | two ways to declare a route with Fastify, the shorthand method and the full
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							|  |  | declaration.
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							|  |  | - [Full declaration](#full-declaration)
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							|  |  | - [Routes options](#routes-options)
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							|  |  | - [Shorthand declaration](#shorthand-declaration)
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							|  |  | - [Url building](#url-building)
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							|  |  | - [Async Await](#async-await)
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							|  |  | - [Promise resolution](#promise-resolution)
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							|  |  | - [Route Prefixing](#route-prefixing)
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							|  |  |   - [Handling of / route inside prefixed
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							|  |  |     plugins](#handling-of--route-inside-prefixed-plugins)
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							|  |  | - [Custom Log Level](#custom-log-level)
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							|  |  | - [Custom Log Serializer](#custom-log-serializer)
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							|  |  | - [Config](#config)
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							|  |  | - [Constraints](#constraints)
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							|  |  |   - [Version Constraints](#version-constraints)
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							|  |  |   - [Host Constraints](#host-constraints)
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							|  |  | ### Full declaration
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							|  |  | <a id="full-declaration"></a>
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							|  |  | ```js
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							|  |  | fastify.route(options)
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							|  |  | ```
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							|  |  | ### Routes options
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							|  |  | <a id="options"></a>
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							|  |  | * `method`: currently it supports `'DELETE'`, `'GET'`, `'HEAD'`, `'PATCH'`,
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							|  |  |   `'POST'`, `'PUT'` and `'OPTIONS'`. It could also be an array of methods.
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							|  |  | * `url`: the path of the URL to match this route (alias: `path`).
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							|  |  | * `schema`: an object containing the schemas for the request and response. They
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							|  |  |   need to be in [JSON Schema](https://json-schema.org/) format, check
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							|  |  |   [here](./Validation-and-Serialization.md) for more info.
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							|  |  |   * `body`: validates the body of the request if it is a POST, PUT, or PATCH
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							|  |  |     method.
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							|  |  |   * `querystring` or `query`: validates the querystring. This can be a complete
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							|  |  |     JSON Schema object, with the property `type` of `object` and `properties`
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							|  |  |     object of parameters, or simply the values of what would be contained in the
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							|  |  |     `properties` object as shown below.
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							|  |  |   * `params`: validates the params.
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							|  |  |   * `response`: filter and generate a schema for the response, setting a schema
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							|  |  |     allows us to have 10-20% more throughput.
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							|  |  | * `exposeHeadRoute`: creates a sibling `HEAD` route for any `GET` routes.
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							|  |  |   Defaults to the value of [`exposeHeadRoutes`](./Server.md#exposeHeadRoutes)
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							|  |  |   instance option. If you want a custom `HEAD` handler without disabling this
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							|  |  |   option, make sure to define it before the `GET` route.
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							|  |  | * `attachValidation`: attach `validationError` to request, if there is a schema
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							|  |  |   validation error, instead of sending the error to the error handler.
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							|  |  | * `onRequest(request, reply, done)`: a [function](./Hooks.md#onrequest) as soon
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							|  |  |   that a request is received, it could also be an array of functions.
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							|  |  | * `preParsing(request, reply, done)`: a [function](./Hooks.md#preparsing) called
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							|  |  |   before parsing the request, it could also be an array of functions.
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							|  |  | * `preValidation(request, reply, done)`: a [function](./Hooks.md#prevalidation)
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							|  |  |   called after the shared `preValidation` hooks, useful if you need to perform
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							|  |  |   authentication at route level for example, it could also be an array of
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							|  |  |   functions.
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							|  |  | * `preHandler(request, reply, done)`: a [function](./Hooks.md#prehandler) called
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							|  |  |   just before the request handler, it could also be an array of functions.
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							|  |  | * `preSerialization(request, reply, payload, done)`: a
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							|  |  |   [function](./Hooks.md#preserialization) called just before the serialization,
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							|  |  |   it could also be an array of functions.
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							|  |  | * `onSend(request, reply, payload, done)`: a [function](./Hooks.md#route-hooks)
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							|  |  |   called right before a response is sent, it could also be an array of
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							|  |  |   functions.
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							|  |  | * `onResponse(request, reply, done)`: a [function](./Hooks.md#onresponse) called
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							|  |  |   when a response has been sent, so you will not be able to send more data to
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							|  |  |   the client. It could also be an array of functions.
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							|  |  | * `onTimeout(request, reply, done)`: a [function](./Hooks.md#ontimeout) called
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							|  |  |   when a request is timed out and the HTTP socket has been hanged up.
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							|  |  | * `onError(request, reply, error, done)`: a [function](./Hooks.md#onerror)
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							|  |  |   called when an Error is thrown or send to the client by the route handler.
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							|  |  | * `handler(request, reply)`: the function that will handle this request. The
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							|  |  |   [Fastify server](./Server.md) will be bound to `this` when the handler is
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							|  |  |   called. Note: using an arrow function will break the binding of `this`.
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							|  |  | * `errorHandler(error, request, reply)`: a custom error handler for the scope of
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							|  |  |   the request. Overrides the default error global handler, and anything set by
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							|  |  |   [`setErrorHandler`](./Server.md#seterrorhandler), for requests to the route.
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							|  |  |   To access the default handler, you can access `instance.errorHandler`. Note
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							|  |  |   that this will point to fastify's default `errorHandler` only if a plugin
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							|  |  |   hasn't overridden it already.
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							|  |  | * `validatorCompiler({ schema, method, url, httpPart })`: function that builds
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							|  |  |   schemas for request validations. See the [Validation and
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							|  |  |   Serialization](./Validation-and-Serialization.md#schema-validator)
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							|  |  |   documentation.
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							|  |  | * `serializerCompiler({ { schema, method, url, httpStatus } })`: function that
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							|  |  |   builds schemas for response serialization. See the [Validation and
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							|  |  |   Serialization](./Validation-and-Serialization.md#schema-serializer)
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							|  |  |   documentation.
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							|  |  | * `schemaErrorFormatter(errors, dataVar)`: function that formats the errors from
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							|  |  |   the validation compiler. See the [Validation and
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							|  |  |   Serialization](./Validation-and-Serialization.md#error-handling)
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							|  |  |   documentation. Overrides the global schema error formatter handler, and
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							|  |  |   anything set by `setSchemaErrorFormatter`, for requests to the route.
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							|  |  | * `bodyLimit`: prevents the default JSON body parser from parsing request bodies
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							|  |  |   larger than this number of bytes. Must be an integer. You may also set this
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							|  |  |   option globally when first creating the Fastify instance with
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							|  |  |   `fastify(options)`. Defaults to `1048576` (1 MiB).
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							|  |  | * `logLevel`: set log level for this route. See below.
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							|  |  | * `logSerializers`: set serializers to log for this route.
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							|  |  | * `config`: object used to store custom configuration.
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							|  |  | * `version`: a [semver](https://semver.org/) compatible string that defined the
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							|  |  |   version of the endpoint. [Example](#version-constraints).
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							|  |  | * `prefixTrailingSlash`: string used to determine how to handle passing `/` as a
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							|  |  |   route with a prefix.
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							|  |  |   * `both` (default): Will register both `/prefix` and `/prefix/`.
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							|  |  |   * `slash`: Will register only `/prefix/`.
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							|  |  |   * `no-slash`: Will register only `/prefix`.
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							|  |  |   `request` is defined in [Request](./Request.md).
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							|  |  |   `reply` is defined in [Reply](./Reply.md).
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							|  |  | **Notice:** The documentation of `onRequest`, `preParsing`, `preValidation`,
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							|  |  | `preHandler`, `preSerialization`, `onSend`, and `onResponse` are described in
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							|  |  | more detail in [Hooks](./Hooks.md). Additionally, to send a response before the
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							|  |  | request is handled by the `handler` please refer to [Respond to a request from a
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							|  |  | hook](./Hooks.md#respond-to-a-request-from-a-hook).
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							|  |  | Example:
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							|  |  | ```js
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							|  |  | fastify.route({
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							|  |  |   method: 'GET',
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							|  |  |   url: '/',
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							|  |  |   schema: {
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							|  |  |     querystring: {
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							|  |  |       name: { type: 'string' },
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							|  |  |       excitement: { type: 'integer' }
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							|  |  |     },
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							|  |  |     response: {
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							|  |  |       200: {
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							|  |  |         type: 'object',
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							|  |  |         properties: {
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							|  |  |           hello: { type: 'string' }
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							|  |  |         }
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							|  |  |       }
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							|  |  |     }
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							|  |  |   },
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							|  |  |   handler: function (request, reply) {
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							|  |  |     reply.send({ hello: 'world' })
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							|  |  |   }
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							|  |  | })
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							|  |  | ```
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							|  |  | ### Shorthand declaration
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							|  |  | <a id="shorthand-declaration"></a>
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							|  |  | The above route declaration is more *Hapi*-like, but if you prefer an
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							|  |  | *Express/Restify* approach, we support it as well:
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							|  |  | `fastify.get(path, [options], handler)`
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							|  |  | `fastify.head(path, [options], handler)`
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							|  |  | `fastify.post(path, [options], handler)`
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							|  |  | `fastify.put(path, [options], handler)`
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							|  |  | `fastify.delete(path, [options], handler)`
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							|  |  | `fastify.options(path, [options], handler)`
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							|  |  | `fastify.patch(path, [options], handler)`
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							|  |  | Example:
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							|  |  | ```js
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							|  |  | const opts = {
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							|  |  |   schema: {
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							|  |  |     response: {
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							|  |  |       200: {
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							|  |  |         type: 'object',
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							|  |  |         properties: {
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							|  |  |           hello: { type: 'string' }
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							|  |  |         }
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							|  |  |       }
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							|  |  |     }
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							|  |  |   }
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							|  |  | }
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							|  |  | fastify.get('/', opts, (request, reply) => {
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							|  |  |   reply.send({ hello: 'world' })
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							|  |  | })
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							|  |  | ```
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							|  |  | `fastify.all(path, [options], handler)` will add the same handler to all the
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							|  |  | supported methods.
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							|  |  | The handler may also be supplied via the `options` object:
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							|  |  | ```js
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							|  |  | const opts = {
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							|  |  |   schema: {
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							|  |  |     response: {
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							|  |  |       200: {
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							|  |  |         type: 'object',
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							|  |  |         properties: {
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							|  |  |           hello: { type: 'string' }
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							|  |  |         }
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							|  |  |       }
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							|  |  |     }
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							|  |  |   },
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							|  |  |   handler: function (request, reply) {
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							|  |  |     reply.send({ hello: 'world' })
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							|  |  |   }
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							|  |  | }
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							|  |  | fastify.get('/', opts)
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							|  |  | ```
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							|  |  | > Note: if the handler is specified in both the `options` and as the third
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							|  |  | > parameter to the shortcut method then throws duplicate `handler` error.
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							|  |  | ### Url building
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							|  |  | <a id="url-building"></a>
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							|  |  | Fastify supports both static and dynamic URLs.
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							|  |  | To register a **parametric** path, use the *colon* before the parameter name.
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							|  |  | For **wildcard**, use the *star*. *Remember that static routes are always
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							|  |  | checked before parametric and wildcard.*
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							|  |  | ```js
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							|  |  | // parametric
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							|  |  | fastify.get('/example/:userId', (request, reply) => {})
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							|  |  | fastify.get('/example/:userId/:secretToken', (request, reply) => {})
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							|  |  | // wildcard
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							|  |  | fastify.get('/example/*', (request, reply) => {})
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							|  |  | ```
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							|  |  | Regular expression routes are supported as well, but pay attention, RegExp are
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							|  |  | very expensive in term of performance!
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							|  |  | ```js
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							|  |  | // parametric with regexp
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							|  |  | fastify.get('/example/:file(^\\d+).png', (request, reply) => {})
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							|  |  | ```
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							|  |  | It is possible to define more than one parameter within the same couple of slash
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							|  |  | ("/"). Such as:
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							|  |  | ```js
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							|  |  | fastify.get('/example/near/:lat-:lng/radius/:r', (request, reply) => {})
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							|  |  | ```
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							|  |  | *Remember in this case to use the dash ("-") as parameters separator.*
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							|  |  | Finally it is possible to have multiple parameters with RegExp.
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							|  |  | ```js
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							|  |  | fastify.get('/example/at/:hour(^\\d{2})h:minute(^\\d{2})m', (request, reply) => {})
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							|  |  | ```
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							|  |  | In this case as parameter separator it is possible to use whatever character is
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							|  |  | not matched by the regular expression.
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							|  |  | Having a route with multiple parameters may affect negatively the performance,
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							|  |  | so prefer single parameter approach whenever possible, especially on routes that
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							|  |  | are on the hot path of your application. If you are interested in how we handle
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							|  |  | the routing, check out [find-my-way](https://github.com/delvedor/find-my-way).
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							|  |  | If you want a path containing a colon without declaring a parameter, use a
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							|  |  | double colon. For example:
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							|  |  | ```js
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							|  |  | fastify.post('/name::verb') // will be interpreted as /name:verb
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							|  |  | ```
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							|  |  | ### Async Await
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							|  |  | <a id="async-await"></a>
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							|  |  | Are you an `async/await` user? We have you covered!
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							|  |  | ```js
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							|  |  | fastify.get('/', options, async function (request, reply) {
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							|  |  |   var data = await getData()
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							|  |  |   var processed = await processData(data)
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							|  |  |   return processed
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							|  |  | })
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							|  |  | ```
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							|  |  | As you can see, we are not calling `reply.send` to send back the data to the
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							|  |  | user. You just need to return the body and you are done!
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							|  |  | If you need it you can also send back the data to the user with `reply.send`.
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							|  |  | ```js
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							|  |  | fastify.get('/', options, async function (request, reply) {
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							|  |  |   var data = await getData()
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							|  |  |   var processed = await processData(data)
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							|  |  |   reply.send(processed)
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							|  |  | })
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							|  |  | ```
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							|  |  | If the route is wrapping a callback-based API that will call `reply.send()`
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							|  |  | outside of the promise chain, it is possible to `await reply`:
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							|  |  | ```js
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							|  |  | fastify.get('/', options, async function (request, reply) {
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							|  |  |   setImmediate(() => {
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							|  |  |     reply.send({ hello: 'world' })
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							|  |  |   })
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							|  |  |   await reply
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							|  |  | })
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							|  |  | ```
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							|  |  | Returning reply also works:
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							|  |  | ```js
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							|  |  | fastify.get('/', options, async function (request, reply) {
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							|  |  |   setImmediate(() => {
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							|  |  |     reply.send({ hello: 'world' })
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							|  |  |   })
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							|  |  |   return reply
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							|  |  | })
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							|  |  | ```
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							|  |  | **Warning:**
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							|  |  | * When using both `return value` and `reply.send(value)` at the same time, the
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							|  |  |   first one that happens takes precedence, the second value will be discarded,
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							|  |  |   and a *warn* log will also be emitted because you tried to send a response
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							|  |  |   twice.
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							|  |  | * You cannot return `undefined`. For more details read
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							|  |  |   [promise-resolution](#promise-resolution).
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							|  |  | 
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  | ### Promise resolution
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  | <a id="promise-resolution"></a>
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  | 
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  | If your handler is an `async` function or returns a promise, you should be aware
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  | of a special behavior that is necessary to support the callback and promise
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  | control-flow. If the handler's promise is resolved with `undefined`, it will be
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  | ignored causing the request to hang and an *error* log to be emitted.
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							|  |  | 
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							|  |  | 1. If you want to use `async/await` or promises but return a value with
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  |    `reply.send`:
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  |     - **Do not** `return` any value.
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  |     - **Do not** forget to call `reply.send`.
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  | 2. If you want to use `async/await` or promises:
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  |     - **Do not** use `reply.send`.
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  |     - **Do not** return `undefined`.
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  | 
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  | In this way, we can support both `callback-style` and `async-await`, with the
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  | minimum trade-off. In spite of so much freedom we highly recommend to go with
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  | only one style because error handling should be handled in a consistent way
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  | within your application.
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  | 
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  | **Notice**: Every async function returns a promise by itself.
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  | 
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  | ### Route Prefixing
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  | <a id="route-prefixing"></a>
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							|  |  | 
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  | Sometimes you need to maintain two or more different versions of the same API; a
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  | classic approach is to prefix all the routes with the API version number,
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  | `/v1/user` for example. Fastify offers you a fast and smart way to create
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  | different versions of the same API without changing all the route names by hand,
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  | *route prefixing*. Let's see how it works:
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  | 
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  | ```js
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  | // server.js
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							|  |  | const fastify = require('fastify')()
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							|  |  | 
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							|  |  | fastify.register(require('./routes/v1/users'), { prefix: '/v1' })
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							|  |  | fastify.register(require('./routes/v2/users'), { prefix: '/v2' })
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							|  |  | 
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							|  |  | fastify.listen(3000)
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							|  |  | ```
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  | 
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  | ```js
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							|  |  | // routes/v1/users.js
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							|  |  | module.exports = function (fastify, opts, done) {
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							|  |  |   fastify.get('/user', handler_v1)
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							|  |  |   done()
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  | }
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							|  |  | ```
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  | 
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  | ```js
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							|  |  | // routes/v2/users.js
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							|  |  | module.exports = function (fastify, opts, done) {
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							|  |  |   fastify.get('/user', handler_v2)
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							|  |  |   done()
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							|  |  | }
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							|  |  | ```
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							|  |  | Fastify will not complain because you are using the same name for two different
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  | routes, because at compilation time it will handle the prefix automatically
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  | *(this also means that the performance will not be affected at all!)*.
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  | 
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							|  |  | Now your clients will have access to the following routes:
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  | - `/v1/user`
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							|  |  | - `/v2/user`
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							|  |  | 
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							|  |  | You can do this as many times as you want, it works also for nested `register`
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  | and routes parameter are supported as well. Be aware that if you use
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  | [`fastify-plugin`](https://github.com/fastify/fastify-plugin) this option will
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  | not work.
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  | 
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  | #### Handling of / route inside prefixed plugins
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  | 
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							|  |  | The `/` route has a different behavior depending on if the prefix ends with `/`
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  | or not. As an example, if we consider a prefix `/something/`, adding a `/` route
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  | will only match `/something/`. If we consider a prefix `/something`, adding a
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  | `/` route will match both `/something` and `/something/`.
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  | 
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  | See the `prefixTrailingSlash` route option above to change this behavior.
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  | 
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  | ### Custom Log Level
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  | <a id="custom-log-level"></a>
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  | 
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  | It could happen that you need different log levels in your routes; Fastify
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  | achieves this in a very straightforward way.
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  | 
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  | You just need to pass the option `logLevel` to the plugin option or the route
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  | option with the
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  | [value](https://github.com/pinojs/pino/blob/master/docs/api.md#level-string)
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  | that you need.
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  | 
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  | Be aware that if you set the `logLevel` at plugin level, also the
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  | [`setNotFoundHandler`](./Server.md#setnotfoundhandler) and
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  | [`setErrorHandler`](./Server.md#seterrorhandler) will be affected.
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  | 
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  | ```js
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  | // server.js
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							|  |  | const fastify = require('fastify')({ logger: true })
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  | 
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							|  |  | fastify.register(require('./routes/user'), { logLevel: 'warn' })
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  | fastify.register(require('./routes/events'), { logLevel: 'debug' })
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  | 
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  | fastify.listen(3000)
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  | ```
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  | 
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  | Or you can directly pass it to a route:
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  | ```js
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  | fastify.get('/', { logLevel: 'warn' }, (request, reply) => {
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  |   reply.send({ hello: 'world' })
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  | })
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  | ```
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  | *Remember that the custom log level is applied only to the routes, and not to
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  | the global Fastify Logger, accessible with `fastify.log`*
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  | 
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  | ### Custom Log Serializer
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  | <a id="custom-log-serializer"></a>
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  | 
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  | In some context, you may need to log a large object but it could be a waste of
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  | resources for some routes. In this case, you can define some
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  | [`serializer`](https://github.com/pinojs/pino/blob/master/docs/api.md#serializers-object)
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  | and attach them in the right context!
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  | 
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  | ```js
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  | const fastify = require('fastify')({ logger: true })
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  | 
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  | fastify.register(require('./routes/user'), {
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  |   logSerializers: {
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  |     user: (value) => `My serializer one - ${value.name}`
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  |   }
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  | })
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  | fastify.register(require('./routes/events'), {
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  |   logSerializers: {
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  |     user: (value) => `My serializer two - ${value.name} ${value.surname}`
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  |   }
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  | })
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  | 
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  | fastify.listen(3000)
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  | ```
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  | 
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  | You can inherit serializers by context:
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  | 
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  | ```js
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  | const fastify = Fastify({
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  |   logger: {
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  |     level: 'info',
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  |     serializers: {
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  |       user (req) {
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  |         return {
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  |           method: req.method,
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  |           url: req.url,
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  |           headers: req.headers,
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  |           hostname: req.hostname,
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  |           remoteAddress: req.ip,
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  |           remotePort: req.socket.remotePort
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  |         }
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  |       }
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  |     }
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  |   }
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  | })
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  | 
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  | fastify.register(context1, {
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  |   logSerializers: {
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  |     user: value => `My serializer father - ${value}`
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  |   }
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  | })
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  | 
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  | async function context1 (fastify, opts) {
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  |   fastify.get('/', (req, reply) => {
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  |     req.log.info({ user: 'call father serializer', key: 'another key' })
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  |     // shows: { user: 'My serializer father - call father  serializer', key: 'another key' }
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  |     reply.send({})
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  |   })
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  | }
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  | 
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  | fastify.listen(3000)
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  | ```
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  | 
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  | ### Config
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  | <a id="routes-config"></a>
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  | 
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  | Registering a new handler, you can pass a configuration object to it and
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  | retrieve it in the handler.
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  | 
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  | ```js
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  | // server.js
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  | const fastify = require('fastify')()
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  | 
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  | function handler (req, reply) {
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  |   reply.send(reply.context.config.output)
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  | }
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  | 
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  | fastify.get('/en', { config: { output: 'hello world!' } }, handler)
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  | fastify.get('/it', { config: { output: 'ciao mondo!' } }, handler)
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  | 
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  | fastify.listen(3000)
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  | ```
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  | 
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  | ### Constraints
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  | <a id="constraints"></a>
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  | 
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  | Fastify supports constraining routes to match only certain requests based on
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  | some property of the request, like the `Host` header, or any other value via
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  | [`find-my-way`](https://github.com/delvedor/find-my-way) constraints.
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  | Constraints are specified in the `constraints` property of the route options.
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  | Fastify has two built-in constraints ready for use: the `version` constraint and
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  | the `host` constraint, and you can add your own custom constraint strategies to
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  | inspect other parts of a request to decide if a route should be executed for a
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  | request.
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  | 
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  | #### Version Constraints
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  | 
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  | You can provide a `version` key in the `constraints` option to a route.
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  | Versioned routes allow you to declare multiple handlers for the same HTTP route
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  | path, which will then be matched according to each request's `Accept-Version`
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  | header. The `Accept-Version` header value should follow the
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  | [semver](http://semver.org/) specification, and routes should be declared with
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  | exact semver versions for matching.
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  | 
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  | Fastify will require a request `Accept-Version` header to be set if the route
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  | has a version set, and will prefer a versioned route to a non-versioned route
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  | for the same path. Advanced version ranges and pre-releases currently are not
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  | supported.
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  | 
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  | *Be aware that using this feature will cause a degradation of the overall
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  | performances of the router.*
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  | 
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  | ```js
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  | fastify.route({
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  |   method: 'GET',
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  |   url: '/',
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  |   constraints: { version: '1.2.0' },
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  |   handler: function (request, reply) {
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  |     reply.send({ hello: 'world' })
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  |   }
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  | })
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  | 
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  | fastify.inject({
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  |   method: 'GET',
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  |   url: '/',
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  |   headers: {
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  |     'Accept-Version': '1.x' // it could also be '1.2.0' or '1.2.x'
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  |   }
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  | }, (err, res) => {
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  |   // { hello: 'world' }
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  | })
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  | ```
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  | 
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  | > ## ⚠  Security Notice
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  | > Remember to set a
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  | > [`Vary`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Vary)
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  | > header in your responses with the value you are using for defining the
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  | > versioning (e.g.: `'Accept-Version'`), to prevent cache poisoning attacks. You
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  | > can also configure this as part of your Proxy/CDN.
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  | >
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  | > ```js
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  | > const append = require('vary').append
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  | > fastify.addHook('onSend', async (req, reply) => {
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  | >   if (req.headers['accept-version']) { // or the custom header you are using
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  | >     let value = reply.getHeader('Vary') || ''
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  | >     const header = Array.isArray(value) ? value.join(', ') : String(value)
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  | >     if ((value = append(header, 'Accept-Version'))) { // or the custom header you are using
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  | >       reply.header('Vary', value)
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  | >     }
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  | >   }
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  | > })
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  | > ```
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  | 
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  | If you declare multiple versions with the same major or minor, Fastify will
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  | always choose the highest compatible with the `Accept-Version` header value.
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  | 
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  | If the request will not have the `Accept-Version` header, a 404 error will be
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  | returned.
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  | 
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  | It is possible to define a custom version matching logic. This can be done
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  | through the [`constraints`](./Server.md#constraints) configuration when creating
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  | a Fastify server instance.
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  | 
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  | #### Host Constraints
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  | 
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  | You can provide a `host` key in the `constraints` route option for to limit that
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  | route to only be matched for certain values of the request `Host` header. `host`
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  | constraint values can be specified as strings for exact matches or RegExps for
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  | arbitrary host matching.
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  | 
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  | ```js
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  | fastify.route({
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  |   method: 'GET',
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  |   url: '/',
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  |   constraints: { host: 'auth.fastify.io' },
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  |   handler: function (request, reply) {
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  |     reply.send('hello world from auth.fastify.io')
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  |   }
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  | })
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  | 
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  | fastify.inject({
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  |   method: 'GET',
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  |   url: '/',
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  |   headers: {
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  |     'Host': 'example.com'
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  |   }
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  | }, (err, res) => {
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  |   // 404 because the host doesn't match the constraint
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  | })
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  | 
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  | fastify.inject({
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  |   method: 'GET',
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  |   url: '/',
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  |   headers: {
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  |     'Host': 'auth.fastify.io'
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  |   }
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  | }, (err, res) => {
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  |   // => 'hello world from auth.fastify.io'
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  | })
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  | ```
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  | 
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  | RegExp `host` constraints can also be specified allowing constraining to hosts
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  | matching wildcard subdomains (or any other pattern):
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  | 
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  | ```js
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  | fastify.route({
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  |   method: 'GET',
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  |   url: '/',
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  |   constraints: { host: /.*\.fastify\.io/ }, // will match any subdomain of fastify.io
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  |   handler: function (request, reply) {
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  |     reply.send('hello world from ' + request.headers.host)
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  |   }
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  | })
 | 
						
						
						
							|  |  | ```
 |