title: Passing a URL as a parameter to Node/Express app
body: <p>I have a simple Node/Express route, as follows:</p>
  
  <pre><code>var app = express();
  
  app.get('gettags/:page', function(request,response)
  {
      var thePage = request.params.page;
      ...
      ...
  }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>The problem I'm having is that if I pass a URL as the parameter, I get a "Cannot GET" error. So, if I call this like:</p>
  
  <pre><code>http://www.mynodeapp.com/gettags/http://www.someurl.com/?withquery=something
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I get the "Cannot GET" error. It's been a couple years since I've used Node, so I am probably forgetting something very basic. But I can't get past this, and Googling this issue hasn't turned up anything useful.</p>
  
  <p>Thanks for any help!</p>