Pass parameters in a Node.js GET Ajax - ajax

Question

I would like to send an AJAX request to the router function below with parameters start and end respectively.
Those variables would influence the results I get back from the request.
router.get('/winnerlist', function(req, res) {
var db = req.db;
var start = "20140621";
var end = "20140623";
db.collection('userlist').find({"timestamp": {"$gte": start, "$lt": end}}).toArray(function (err, items) {
res.json(items);
});
});
This is my AJAX GET call
function populateWinners() {
// Empty content string
var tableContent = '';
// jQuery AJAX call for JSON
$.getJSON( '/users/winnerlist', function( data ) {
userListData = data;
console.log(data);
// For each item in our JSON, add a table row and cells to the content string
$.each(data, function(){
tableContent += '<tr>';
tableContent += '<td>' + this.id2+ '</td>';
tableContent += '<td>' + this.email + '</td>';
tableContent += '<td>' + this.code + '</td>';
tableContent += '<td>delete</td>';
tableContent += '</tr>';
});
// Inject the whole content string into our existing HTML table
$('#winnerList table tbody').html(tableContent);
});
};
I have read this question, but I haven't figured out how to make it work within Node.js

Answer 1

For GET requests, parameters are usually passed in the url's query string http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Query_string . In this case, your AJAX URL should be
'/users/winnerlist?start=20140621&end=20140623'
Then, on the server side, you can use the variables as:
req.query.start //This equals "20140621"
req.query.end // This equals "20140623"