Is This PATH Even Valid

#1

On the Timestam Project, a requirement is to have something like this:

app.get('/api/:date?', (req,res) => {
let date = req.params.date;
res.send(date)
})

However, if I have no queries, then why do I need to put the question mark at the end? It seems unnecessary.

#2

It’s an optional parameter.

It basically just lets you use one route instead of two. So /api/:date? instead of /api and /api/:date

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