What are the Express req and res objects?

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Have you ever wondered what the req and res objects in Express actually are?

req

An extended instance of the Node.js core http.IncomingMessage class:

/**
 * Request prototype.
 * @public
 */

var req = Object.create(http.IncomingMessage.prototype)

An extended instance of the Node.js core http.ServerResponse class:

/**
 * Response prototype.
 * @public
 */

var res = Object.create(http.ServerResponse.prototype)