Concepts
Request
The request context (`Context`) exposed to routes and middleware.
Request
Routes and middleware receive a single ctx argument (type Context).
Key fields
ctx.req: raw Node.jsIncomingMessagectx.params: parsed path parametersctx.query: parsed query string parameters (validated/coerced when you useSCHEMA)ctx.body: parsed request body (for non-GET/HEAD requests)ctx.state: mutable per-request state (a plain object)ctx.emit(name, payload): emit an event (see Events)ctx.schedule(name, payload): trigger a cron task by name (see Cron jobs)ctx.logger: request-scoped logger with trace id bindingsctx.trace.traceId: trace id for correlation
Where it's set
Legonode populates params/query/body before middleware/handler runs. If you define SCHEMA, Legonode validates and then replaces ctx.params, ctx.query, and/or ctx.body with validated values.