expressjs not passing req.params through middleware - express

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I have the following route:
app.get('/blogpost/:link', middleware.loginCheck, blog.postBlogs);
Using req.params.link returns the link parameter.
When I ask for the req.params.link in middleware.loginCheck I receive an undefined.
It seems that req.params.link is not being passed through to the middleware because I can access it like so:
app.get('/blogpost/:link', function(req, res){console.log(req.params.link)});
Whats the problem with my middleware?
FINAL
a(href='/post/#{post.link}') #{comments} renders /post/myPostLink
{#post.link} only renders the variable substitute and does not add an extra /
a(href='/post#{post.link}') #{comments} renders '/postmyPostLink'
a(href='/post/' + post.link) #{comments} renders /post/myPostLink
So both #{post.link} or post.link work the same and req.params.link works on both calls.
UPDATE_2
I am using jade to render the web page. Inside there I have an anchor tag written as so: a(href='/post/#{post.link}) #{comments}
The achor tag works fine and directs me to the correct page. But express does not like this representation. Instead, if I change the anchor tag to a(href='/post/' + post.link) #{comments} req.params.link works fine.
UPDATE_1
req.param('link') works for this case.
There is no problem with the middleware.
But why wouldn't req.params.link work?

Answer 1

OK, we went back and forth in the comments a bit, but now my guess is that the problem is double slashes in your URL
a(href='/post/#{post.link}') #{comments}
That is A) missing a closing quote, but I assume that is a typo just in your question here, not in your code. and B) the real problem is that post.link includes a leading slash, so you end up with this HTML:
<a href='/post//post_link_name'>42</a>
Thus express is parsing that as an empty :link parameter. Change your jade to this:
a(href='/post#{post.link}') #{comments}
and you should get back in business.

Answer 2

In recent versions of express you can use router.param() as your middleware to specifically work on the req.params:
var router = express.Router();
router.param( "nickname", function (req, res, next, nickname) {
console.log( "nickname: ", nickname );
next();
});
router.get( "/user/:nickname", myController.method );

Answer 3

what does the signature of middleware.loginCheck look like? It needs to return a function(req, res, next)