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Express v4.16.0 Release Notes

Release Date: 2017-09-28 // over 6 years ago
    • Add "json escape" setting for res.json and res.jsonp
    • Add express.json and express.urlencoded to parse bodies
    • Add options argument to res.download
    • Improve error message when autoloading invalid view engine
    • Improve error messages when non-function provided as middleware
    • Skip Buffer encoding when not generating ETag for small response
    • Use safe-buffer for improved Buffer API
    • deps: accepts@~1.3.4
      • deps: mime-types@~2.1.16
    • deps: content-type@~1.0.4
      • perf: remove argument reassignment
      • perf: skip parameter parsing when no parameters
    • deps: etag@~1.8.1
      • perf: replace regular expression with substring
    • deps: [email protected]
      • Use res.headersSent when available
    • deps: parseurl@~1.3.2
      • perf: reduce overhead for full URLs
      • perf: unroll the "fast-path" RegExp
    • deps: proxy-addr@~2.0.2
      • Fix trimming leading / trailing OWS in X-Forwarded-For
      • deps: forwarded@~0.1.2
      • deps: [email protected]
      • perf: reduce overhead when no X-Forwarded-For header
    • deps: [email protected]
      • Fix parsing & compacting very deep objects
    • deps: [email protected]
      • Add 70 new types for file extensions
      • Add immutable option
      • Fix missing </html> in default error & redirects
      • Set charset as "UTF-8" for .js and .json
      • Use instance methods on steam to check for listeners
      • deps: [email protected]
      • perf: improve path validation speed
    • deps: [email protected]
      • Add 70 new types for file extensions
      • Add immutable option
      • Set charset as "UTF-8" for .js and .json
      • deps: [email protected]
    • deps: [email protected]
    • deps: [email protected]
    • deps: vary@~1.1.2
      • perf: improve header token parsing speed
    • perf: re-use options object when generating ETags
    • perf: remove dead .charset set in res.jsonp