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wwli
wwli

Reputation: 2681

node js / express get posted data

How do I get posted data from my api. I am using express 3.4.4

I am doing a resful api to accept posted data using node js and express

exports.mypost = function(req, res) {
    console.log(req.body);
    console.log(req.body.username);
    console.log(req.body.name);
    var user = new UserInfo({name:"dsd", username:"dsdsds"})
    user.save();
    res.send("user created");
}

and I post data use 

 curl --data "username=dsds&name=dsd" http://localhost:3000/mypost

I can see prints

{ username: 'dsds', name: 'dsd' }
dsds
dsd

But If I use 

 curl --form "username=dsds&name=dsd" http://localhost:3000/mypost

I see

{}
undefined
undefined

which means I didn't catch username and name from

req.body

How do I get the data from 

 curl --form "username=dsds&name=dsd" http://localhost:3000/mypost

I am posting my app.js:

/**
 * Module dependencies.
 */

var express = require('express');
var routes = require('./routes');
var user = require('./routes/user');
var http = require('http');
var path = require('path');
var express = require('express');
var mongoose = require('mongoose');
var app = express();

// all environments
app.set('port', process.env.PORT || 3000);
app.set('views', path.join(__dirname, 'views'));
app.set('view engine', 'ejs');
app.use(express.favicon());
app.use(express.logger('dev'));
app.use(express.json());
app.use(express.urlencoded());
app.use(express.methodOverride());
app.use(express.cookieParser('your secret here'));
app.use(express.session());
app.use(app.router);
app.use(require('stylus').middleware(path.join(__dirname, 'public')));
app.use(express.static(path.join(__dirname, 'public')));
app.use(express.bodyParser());

mongoose.connect('mongodb://localhost/data');
// development only
if ('development' == app.get('env')) {
  app.use(express.errorHandler());
}

app.get('/', routes.index);
app.get('/users', user.list);


var api = require('./controllers/api.js');
app.post('/mypost', api.mypost);

http.createServer(app).listen(app.get('port'), function(){
  console.log('Express server listening on port ' + app.get('port'));
});

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1645

Answers (2)

Kundu
Kundu

Reputation: 4054

You can use bodyParser method to get the data from a post request 

// Configure server
app.configure(function() {
app.use(express.bodyParser());
}

Upvotes: 0

C B
C B

Reputation: 13314

Add this:

App.use(express.bodyParser());

Make sure its set before all your routes.

Upvotes: 1

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