Currently, I am attempting to send POST data from AngularJS to Express. My approach involves using curl to transmit the POST content.
After sending the data and receiving a 200 response, I encounter an issue when trying to access the data through body-parser using req.body. Instead of success, I receive a 500 error along with the details posted at the bottom of this message.
I have invested hours researching this matter and have ensured that:
- I am utilizing a request parser: body-parser
- I have placed my app.use(...) with body-parser middleware before requiring routes
- I explicitly specify the Content-Type for the POST request
- I have attempted both application/json and application/x-www-form-urlencoded
I am reaching out to the community for assistance. StackOverflowers, please lend me your expertise.
Here is the curl command snippet:
curl -X POST -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '{"username": "gala", "email": "<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection" class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="3a5d5b7a5d5b145d">[email protected]</a>", "password": "123"}' localhost:3000/users
express.js configuration:
// Main file setting up the express application
// Dependencies
var express = require('express')
var stylus = require('stylus')
var parser = require('body-parser')
var morgan = require('morgan')
var compress = require('compression')
var methodOverride = require('method-override')
module.exports = function() {
var app = express()
if (process.env.NODE_ENV === 'development') {
app.use(morgan('dev'))
} else if (process.env.NODE_ENV === 'production') {
app.use(compress())
}
app.use(parser.urlencoded({ extended: true }))
app.use(parser.json())
app.use(methodOverride())
// Using jade as the template engine for HTML
app.set('views', __dirroot + '/app/views')
app.set('view engine', 'jade')
require(__dirroot + '/app/routes/index.server.route.js')(app)
require(__dirroot + '/app/routes/users.server.route.js')(app)
// Allowing static files to be served from /public folder
app.use(express.static(__dirroot + '/public'))
return app
}
users.server.route.js:
var users = require(__dirroot + '/app/controllers/users.server.controller.js')
module.exports = function(app) {
app.route('/users').post(function() {
users.create()
})
}
users.server.controller.js:
var User = require('mongoose').model('User')
exports.create = function(req, res, next) {
console.log(req.body)
}
Error message:
TypeError: Cannot read property 'body' of undefined
at Object.exports.create (/home/gala/Projekty/cantr-crafting/app/controllers/users.server.controller.js:4:20)
at /home/gala/Projekty/cantr-crafting/app/routes/users.server.route.js:5:15
at Layer.handle [as handle_request] (/home/gala/Projekty/cantr-crafting/node_modules/express/lib/router/layer.js:82:5)
at next (/home/gala/Projekty/cantr-crafting/node_modules/express/lib/router/route.js:110:13)
at Route.dispatch (/home/gala/Projekty/cantr-crafting/node_modules/express/lib/router/route.js:91:3)
at Layer.handle [as handle_request] (/home/gala/Projekty/cantr-crafting/node_modules/express/lib/router/layer.js:82:5)
at /home/gala/Projekty/cantr-crafting/node_modules/express/lib/router/index.js:267:22
at Function.proto.process_params (/home/gala/Projekty/cantr-crafting/node_modules/express/lib/router/index.js:321:12)
at next (/home/gala/Projekty/cantr-crafting/node_modules/express/lib/router/index.js:261:10)
at methodOverride (/home/gala/Projekty/cantr-crafting/node_modules/method-override/index.js:77:5)