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Isaac Gyasi
Isaac Gyasi

Reputation: 11

How do i retrieve POST request data in a controller Node JS

route (routes/account.js)

const express = require('express');
const router = express();

var account_controller = require('../controllers/accountController');

router.post('/account/Getuser', account_controller.get_user);

controller (controllers/accountController.js)

exports.get_user = function (req, res) {

res.send(req.body.name);
};

Postman POST Request body

{
  "name":"Isaac Gyasi Nimako"   
}

Error Report Cannot read property 'name' of undefined

Upvotes: 0

Views: 2352

Answers (2)

Oday
Oday

Reputation: 72

You have to use the body_parser library

var express = require('express') var bodyParser = require('body-parser')

var app = express()

here is a very simple example from my GitHub

https://github.com/odaymard/Restful-CRUD-API-with-Node.js-Express/blob/master/server/server.js

Upvotes: 0

C.Gochev
C.Gochev

Reputation: 1922

you probably don`t have body-parser

const bodyParser = require('body-parser')
router.use(bodyParser.json())

Upvotes: 0

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