> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.medusajs.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.
  
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```

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# API Route Parameters

In this chapter, you’ll learn about path, query, and request body parameters.

## Path Parameters

To create an API route that accepts a path parameter, create a directory within the route file's path whose name is of the format `[param]`.

For example, to create an API Route at the path `/hello-world/:id`, where `:id` is a path parameter, create the file `src/api/hello-world/[id]/route.ts` with the following content:

```ts title="src/api/hello-world/[id]/route.ts"
import type {
  MedusaRequest,
  MedusaResponse,
} from "@medusajs/framework/http"

export const GET = async (
  req: MedusaRequest,
  res: MedusaResponse
) => {
  res.json({
    message: `[GET] Hello ${req.params.id}!`,
  })
}
```

The `MedusaRequest` object has a `params` property. `params` holds the path parameters in key-value pairs.

### Multiple Path Parameters

To create an API route that accepts multiple path parameters, create within the file's path multiple directories whose names are of the format `[param]`.

For example, to create an API route at `/hello-world/:id/name/:name`, create the file `src/api/hello-world/[id]/name/[name]/route.ts` with the following content:

```ts title="src/api/hello-world/[id]/name/[name]/route.ts"
import type {
  MedusaRequest,
  MedusaResponse,
} from "@medusajs/framework/http"

export const GET = async (
  req: MedusaRequest,
  res: MedusaResponse
) => {
  res.json({
    message: `[GET] Hello ${
      req.params.id
    } - ${req.params.name}!`,
  })
}
```

You access the `id` and `name` path parameters using the `req.params` property.

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## Query Parameters

You can access all query parameters in the `query` property of the `MedusaRequest` object. `query` is an object of key-value pairs, where the key is a query parameter's name, and the value is its value.

For example:

```ts title="src/api/hello-world/route.ts"
import type {
  MedusaRequest,
  MedusaResponse,
} from "@medusajs/framework/http"

export const GET = async (
  req: MedusaRequest,
  res: MedusaResponse
) => {
  res.json({
    message: `Hello ${req.query.name}`,
  })
}
```

The value of `req.query.name` is the value passed in `?name=John`, for example.

### Validate Query Parameters

You can apply validation rules on received query parameters to ensure they match specified rules and types.

Learn more in the [API Route Validation](../validation/page.mdx#how-to-validate-request-query-parameters) chapter.

***

## Request Body Parameters

The Medusa application parses the body of any request with JSON, URL-encoded, or text content types. The request body parameters are set in the `MedusaRequest`'s `body` property.

Learn more about configuring body parsing in the [Body Parsing](../parse-body/page.mdx) chapter.

For example:

```ts title="src/api/hello-world/route.ts"
import type {
  MedusaRequest,
  MedusaResponse,
} from "@medusajs/framework/http"

type HelloWorldReq = {
  name: string
}

export const POST = async (
  req: MedusaRequest<HelloWorldReq>,
  res: MedusaResponse
) => {
  res.json({
    message: `[POST] Hello ${req.body.name}!`,
  })
}
```

In this example, you use the `name` request body parameter to create the message in the returned response.

The `MedusaRequest` type accepts a type argument that indicates the type of the request body. This is useful for auto-completion and to avoid typing errors.

To test it out, send the following request to your Medusa application:

```bash
curl -X POST 'http://localhost:9000/hello-world' \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data-raw '{
  "name": "John"
}'
```

This returns the following JSON object:

```json
{
  "message": "[POST] Hello John!"
}
```

### Validate Body Parameters

You can apply validation rules on received body parameters to ensure they match specified rules and types.

Learn more in the [Body Validation](../validation/page.mdx#how-to-validate-request-body) chapter.


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