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title: 'API docs: rest.restapplication.route'
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[Home](./index.md) &gt; [@loopback/rest](./rest.md) &gt; [RestApplication](./rest.restapplication.md) &gt; [route](./rest.restapplication.route.md)

## RestApplication.route() method

Register a new Controller-based route.

<b>Signature:</b>

```typescript
route<T>(verb: string, path: string, spec: OperationObject, controllerCtor: ControllerClass<T>, controllerFactory: ControllerFactory<T>, methodName: string): Binding;
```

## Parameters

|  Parameter | Type | Description |
|  --- | --- | --- |
|  verb | string | HTTP verb of the endpoint |
|  path | string | URL path of the endpoint |
|  spec | OperationObject | The OpenAPI spec describing the endpoint (operation) |
|  controllerCtor | [ControllerClass](./rest.controllerclass.md)<!-- -->&lt;T&gt; | Controller constructor |
|  controllerFactory | [ControllerFactory](./rest.controllerfactory.md)<!-- -->&lt;T&gt; | A factory function to create controller instance |
|  methodName | string | The name of the controller method |

<b>Returns:</b>

[Binding](./context.binding.md)

## Example


```ts
class MyController {
  greet(name: string) {
    return `hello ${name}`;
  }
}
app.route('get', '/greet', operationSpec, MyController, 'greet');

```


