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Adding a custom method to Express Request in TypeScript

TypeScriptModules & NamespacesModule Augmentationadvanced

What this snippet does

Augmenting third-party library types is a common pattern for adding middleware-injected properties in web frameworks.

Expected output

Express Request augmented

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