My backend server is NodeJs / ExpressJs running on Ubuntu 18.04.3 LTS. When I send AJAX GET or POST requests from the front-end (JavaScript) or through POSTMAN, everything works perfectly as expected. However, when I make a POST request using Alamofire in Swift, the data being sent to the server is empty.
In my NodeJs server, I am using formidable to parse FormData bodies. On the front-end (JavaScript), I am sending data using the FormData API with headers set to content-type: false. Despite setting different content types in the headers while making a POST request from Alamofire:
- content type as false
- content type as multipart/formdata
- no content type specified
the issue persists with empty data being sent and received by the server.
Below is an example of the Alamofire code snippet used:
// Inserted Alamofire code goes here
In ExpressJs, I have implemented body parsers for FormData processing:
app.use(bodyParser.urlencoded({ limit: '50mb', extended: true }));
app.use(bodyParser.json({ limit: '50mb' }));
I am also utilizing the formidable module to parse the request body.
The error I am encountering in Alamofire indicates a timeout during the request:
NSURLErrorDomain Code=-1001 "The request timed out." ...
Error Domain=kCFErrorDomainCFNetwork Code=-1001 ...
NSErrorFailingURLStringKey=https://apis.example.com/apis/feed/create-post
Additionally, I have added console logs to track incoming requests in the backend:
console.log('fields', fields);
This particularly occurs in the route:
router.post('/create-post', postCont.createPost);which shows that no data is being passed to the backend endpoint. Any insights into why the data is not being received at the API endpoint would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.