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## RestApplication.route() method

Register a new route invoking a handler function.

<b>Signature:</b>

```typescript
route(verb: string, path: string, spec: OperationObject, handler: Function): 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) |
|  handler | Function | The function to invoke with the request parameters described in the spec. |

<b>Returns:</b>

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

## Example


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

```