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## Routes and HTTP Methods

Routes are defined by using convenience methods or the `METHOD` method. There are currently seven convenience route methods: `get()`, `post()`, `put()`, `patch()`, `delete()`, `head()` and `options()`. Convenience route methods require two parameters, a *route* and a function that accepts two arguments. A *route* is simply a path such as `/users`. The second parameter must be a function that accepts a `REQUEST` and a `RESPONSE` argument. These arguments can be named whatever you like, but convention dictates `req` and `res`. Examples using convenience route methods:
Routes are defined by using convenience methods or the `METHOD` method. There are currently eight convenience route methods: `get()`, `post()`, `put()`, `patch()`, `delete()`, `head()`, `options()` and `any()`. Convenience route methods require two parameters, a *route* and a function that accepts two arguments. A *route* is simply a path such as `/users`. The second parameter must be a function that accepts a `REQUEST` and a `RESPONSE` argument. These arguments can be named whatever you like, but convention dictates `req` and `res`. Examples using convenience route methods:

```javascript
api.get('/users', (req,res) => {
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All `GET` methods have a `HEAD` alias that executes the `GET` request but returns a blank `body`. `GET` requests should be idempotent with no side effects. The `head()` convenience method can be used to set specific paths for `HEAD` requests or to override default `GET` aliasing.

Routes that use the `any()` method or pass `ANY` to `api.METHOD` will respond to all HTTP methods. Routes that specify a specific method (such as `GET` or `POST`), will override the route for that method. For example:

```javascript
api.any('/users', (req,res) => { res.send('any') })
api.get('/users', (req,res) => { res.send('get') })
```

A `POST` to `/users` will return "any", but a `GET` request would return "get". Please note that routes defined with an `ANY` method will override default `HEAD` aliasing for `GET` routes.

## Route Prefixing

Lambda API makes it easy to create multiple versions of the same api without changing routes by hand. The `register()` method allows you to load routes from an external file and prefix all of those routes using the `prefix` option. For example:
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