I want to send some data to my MongoDB database, but in router.post my req.body is empty, if I use stuff that I put in my send function in User(req.body) instead of req.body data will be send to my MongoDB database correctly.
This is my router that I use, router.get work fine, it return database tables correctly on /api page:
const router = require("express").Router();
const User = require("./model/models");
const parser = require("body-parser").json();
router.get("/", async (req, res) => {
const data = await User.find({});
res.json(data);
});
router.post("/",parser,async (req, res) => {
console.log('1')
console.log(req.body)
console.log('2')
parser.v
await User(req.body).save();
res.json({"msg": "ok"});
});
module.exports = router
This is my index.js file code:
const bodyParser = require('body-parser');
const express = require('express');
const app = express();
const parser = require("body-parser").json();
var path = require('path');
app.use(express.urlencoded(true));
app.use(express.json());
app.use(parser);
app.use('/',require("./routes/routes"))
app.use(express.static(__dirname +'/public'))
app.use("/api", require('./data/api'))
app.listen(5000,function(){
console.log('server is alive')
})
This is function that what I use to send data:
const btn1 = document.getElementById('btnEnter')
let Login = "123"
btn1.addEventListener('click' ,e=>{
send({newsTxT : "someTextHere",newsZag:"someZag",author:"SomeAuthor"})
})
const send = async(body) => {
let res = await fetch("/api", {
method: "post",
header: {
"Content-Type": "application/json",
"Accept": "application/json"
},
body: JSON.stringify(body)
});
let data = await res.json();
console.log(data)
}
The following worked fine:
const express = require("express")
const app = express()
const router = express.Router()
router.use(express.json())
app.use(router)
router.post('/api/user', function(req, res) {
// ...
}
I see the difference may be using the: app.use(router)
Note that in the above code the statement:
router.use(express.json())
can be replaced with (using the body-parser):
const bodyParser = require('body-parser')
router.use(bodyParser.json())
This worked fine with express version 4.17.1, body-parser version 1.19.0 and NodeJS version 12.18.3
The only weird thing I see is that you are using a json body-parser and also the express.json() both technically do the same, but body-parser is deprecated so it might be causing a bug.
Also you don't have to import it again in the routes, placing app.use(express.json()) at index.js will make it work for all endpoints/routes.
See how this refactor goes:
const router = require('express').Router()
const User = require('./model/models')
router.get('/', async (req, res) => {
const data = await User.find({})
res.json(data)
})
router.post('/', async (req, res) => {
console.log('1')
console.log(req.body)
console.log('2')
await User(req.body).save()
res.json({ 'msg': 'ok' })
})
module.exports = router
index.js
const express = require('express')
const app = express()
var path = require('path')
app.use(express.urlencoded(true))
app.use(express.json())
app.use('/', require('./routes/routes'))
app.use(express.static(__dirname + '/public'))
app.use('/api', require('./data/api'))
app.listen(5000, function () {
console.log('server is alive')
})