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javascriptnode.jsreactjsexpressecmascript-6
Tom Hunt
Tom Hunt

Reputation: 115

Pass Data from React to node express server

I am trying to pass the generalDetail data from my react front end to my node server. I am currently getting a connection refused error.

(OPTIONS http://localhost:5000/api/home net::ERR_CONNECTION_REFUSED).

here is my onSubmitForm function:

  onSubmitForm(e){
  e.preventDefault();

  let data = {
            generalDetail: this.state.generalDetails,
            firstName: this.state.firstName,
            middleName: this.state.middleName,
            lastName: this.state.lastName
      };

      axios.post("http://localhost:5000/home", data).then(() => {

       }).catch(() => {
          console.log("Something went wrong. Plase try again later");
      });


}
  //end

  onContentChange(fieldname, data){

    console.log('On Content Change', data);

     this.setState({
       [fieldname]: data

    });
  }



}

Here is my server.js file

const express = require('express');

const app = express();


// http://localhost:5000/api/home

app.post('/api/home', (req, res) => {
  const data = [
    {req.body.generalDetail},
  ];

  res.json(data);
});

const port = 5000;

app.listen(port, () => `Server running on port ${port}`);

Upvotes: 1

Views: 2707

Answers (3)

Ram
Ram

Reputation: 103

Try to add cors preflight code in your backend code (server.js).

app.use(function (req, res, next) {
  res.header("Access-Control-Allow-Origin", req.headers.origin);
  res.header("Access-Control-Allow-Headers", "Origin, X-Requested-With, Content-Type, Accept, Authorization");
  res.header("Access-Control-Allow-Methods", "POST, GET, PUT, OPTIONS");
  res.header("Access-Control-Allow-Credentials", true);
  next();
});
app.post('/api/home', (req, res) => {
  const data = [{ generalDetails: req.body.generalDetail }];
  res.json(data);
});

Upvotes: 0

ctg
ctg

Reputation: 107

try this 

const express = require('express')
const app = express()
const port = 8000 //your port number

const cors = require('cors')
app.use(cors())
var bodyParser = require('body-parser')
app.use( bodyParser.json() );       // to support JSON-encoded bodies
app.use(bodyParser.urlencoded({     // to support URL-encoded bodies
  extended: true
}));

Upvotes: 1

Tony
Tony

Reputation: 20082

You can change your code into this

Example

onSubmitForm = e => {
        e.preventDefault();
        let data = {
              generalDetail: this.state.generalDetails,
              firstName: this.state.firstName,
              middleName: this.state.middleName,
              lastName: this.state.lastName
        };

        axios.post("http://localhost:5000/api/home", data).then(() => {
           //do something
         }).catch(() => {
            console.log("Something went wrong. Plase try again later");
        });
    }

Upvotes: 1

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