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title: Chain Middleware to Create a Time Server
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## Chain Middleware to Create a Time Server

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Similar to the last challenge, but now we are chaining 2 functions together. It seems complicated, but it's just javascript.

Instead of responding with the time we can also add a string to the request and pass it to the next function. This is trivial, but it makes for a decent example. The code looks like:

```javascript
app.get("/now", middleware(req, res, next) {
  req.string = "example";
  next();
},
  function (req, res) {
      res.send(req.string); // This will display "example" to the user
  });
```



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