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[Home](./index.md) &gt; [@loopback/rest](./rest.md) &gt; [RestServer](./rest.restserver.md) &gt; [mountExpressRouter](./rest.restserver.mountexpressrouter.md)

## RestServer.mountExpressRouter() method

Mount an Express router to expose additional REST endpoints handled via legacy Express-based stack.

<b>Signature:</b>

```typescript
mountExpressRouter(basePath: string, router: ExpressRequestHandler, spec?: RouterSpec): void;
```

## Parameters

|  Parameter | Type | Description |
|  --- | --- | --- |
|  basePath | <code>string</code> | Path where to mount the router at, e.g. <code>/</code> or <code>/api</code>. |
|  router | <code>ExpressRequestHandler</code> | The Express router to handle the requests. |
|  spec | <code>RouterSpec</code> | A partial OpenAPI spec describing endpoints provided by the router. LoopBack will prepend <code>basePath</code> to all endpoints automatically. This argument is optional. You can leave it out if you don't want to document the routes. |

<b>Returns:</b>

`void`


