# addLeadingSlash

**Kind:** Function

**Source:** [`packages/common/utils/shared.utils.ts`](https://github.com/nestjs/nest/blob/master/packages/common/utils/shared.utils.ts#L26)

**Part of:** [Common](subsystem-packages-common)

## Signature

```ts
function addLeadingSlash(path: string): string
```

## Parameters

| Name | Type |
|---|---|
| `path` | `string` |

**Returns:** `string`

## Used by

9 references from 9 files. Each is a place in this repository where the symbol is actually used — go read one rather than trusting an example.

### Imported by (9)

- `RouteDefinition` — `packages/core/router/paths-explorer.ts`:17
- `RoutePathFactory` — `packages/core/router/route-path-factory.ts`:18
- `RouteDefinition` — `packages/core/router/router-explorer.ts`:49
- `isRequestMethodAll` — `packages/core/router/utils/exclude-route.util.ts`:5
- `RouteInfoPathExtractor` — `packages/core/middleware/route-info-path-extractor.ts`:16
- `modulesContainer` — `packages/core/middleware/routes-mapper.ts`:148
- `anonymousMiddleware` — `packages/core/middleware/utils.ts`:77
- `NestApplication` — `packages/core/nest-application.ts`:54

…and 1 more.