During the initialization of a Web application, Nitro performs a scan of the src/root directory and constructs a sitemap. The Path middleware leverages this structure to intelligently split incoming request paths to the corresponding scriptName and pathInfo components.

The scriptName component is the path of the JSGI application that will handle the request. If the Render middleware is used, the template path is also derived from scriptName. The pathInfo component stores the extra postfix of the request. Let's use an example to demonstrate the concept:

Given the directory structure (sitemap):

Nitro automagically splits the request path:

into:

since /src/root/articles/12339.js does not exist.

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