I have the URL: http://localhost:3000/homebrew/board?id=078262

I use node to get the id parameter and store it into a variable. When the page gets loaded, I use the variable with EJS to pass it to the client.

The issue is that if an id starts with zero 0, it gets removed.

App.JS

app.get('/homebrew/:homebrewType', (req, res) => {

  var type = req.params.homebrewType;
  var homebrewId = req.query.id;

  console.log(homebrewId); // shows 078262
  console.log(typeof homebrewId); // string

...

  res.render('pages/homebrew-' + type, {
    homebrewId: homebrewId
  });

JS

var viewingHomebrew = <%= homebrewId %>;

console.log(viewingHomebrew); // shows 78262, starting 0 is missing

I don't have any other code, how can I preserve the id parameter?