const express = require('express');
//instance of an app
const app = express();
//middleware
const bodyParser = require('body-parser');
app.use(express.urlencoded({extended: false}));
app.use(express.json());
//core package to let the server and client side talk without any security boundaries
const cors = require('cors');
app.use(cors());
app.use(express.static('node'));
//setting up server
const port = 8000;
const server = app.listen(port, listenning);
function listenning(){
console.log(`running on local server: ${port}`);
};
//GET route
const data = [];
app.post('/addMovie', addMovie)
function addMovie(req, res){
data.push(req.body);
console.log(data);
};
const postData = async(URL='', data= {})=>{
console.log(data);
const response = await fetch(url, {
method: 'post',
credentials: 'same-origin',
headers: {'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
body: JSON.stringify(data),
});
try{
const newData = await response.json();
console.log(newData);
return newData
}catch(error){
console.log("error", error);
}
}
postData('/addMovie', {movie: 'Dark Knight', score: 5});
I'm making a simple POST request via node.js and express but can't find what is wrong, here is the code, when i load the page it says "cannot GET" and gives that error " 404 (Not Found)" can anyone help ??
Error 404 means the URL is wrong.
You pass '/addMovie' as URL, and use it for fetch.
You might want to update this:
const response = await fetch(url, {
to this
const response = await fetch('http://localhost:8000' + url, {
By adding 'http://localhost:8000' as prefix of your url.
In your case you should POST to the endpoint:
http://localhost:8000/addMovie
@Balastrong's answer is the most correct (you need to use http://localhost:8000 as your base URI), but you'll also need to update your parameter name for your postData function. Right now URL is capitalized, but your use of the variable later on is all lower case.
So use const postData = async(url='',