GET Request route MEAN - node.js

Question

I'm creating a MEAN APP and upon registration I want to check if an email already exists. However the GET request doesn't show anything. Also no error.
server.js
...
// Set user routes
const userRoutes = require('./user/user_controller');
app.use('/user', userRoutes);
...'
user_controller.js
router.get('/:email', (req, res) => {
console.log('Requesting user');
User.findOne({'email': req.params.email})
.exec(function(err, user) {
if(err) {
console.log('Error getting the post');
} else {
res.send(user);
}
});
});
The GET route never enters because I also don't see the console.log at the beginning of the route. I expect the route to work when I call localhost/user?email=email
I have a POST route whih works perfectly for localhost/user - just to compare
router.post('/', (req, res) => {
user = req.body;
// Validation
req.checkBody('firstName', "Enter a valid firstname").exists().isAlpha();
req.checkBody('lastName', 'Enter a valid lastname').exists().isAlpha();
req.checkBody('email', 'Enter a valid email').exists().isEmail();
req.checkBody('password', 'Enter a valid password').exists().isLength({min:8});
const errors = req.validationErrors();
if(errors) {
res.json({errors: errors});
} else {
User.create(user)
.then((user) => res.send(user));
}
});

Answer 1

You are calling your route the wrong way,
You can do one of these things.
1) Change your route path to /
As you said you were calling it localhost/user?email=email because this matches the route path / not /:email and you can access it like req.query.email.
2) Change the way you're calling it
If you want to use with /:email route path call it like localhost/user/someemail.