Node.js Creating API's with Node.js POST api using Express
Example
Following example create POST api using Express. This example is similar to GET example except the use of body-parser that parses the post data and add it to req.body.
Example
var express = require('express');
var app = express();
// for parsing the body in POST request
var bodyParser = require('body-parser');
var users =[{
id: 1,
name: "John Doe",
age : 23,
email: "[email protected]"
}];
app.use(bodyParser.urlencoded({ extended: false }));
app.use(bodyParser.json());
// GET /api/users
app.get('/api/users', function(req, res){
return res.json(users);
});
/* POST /api/users
{
"user": {
"id": 3,
"name": "Test User",
"age" : 20,
"email": "[email protected]"
}
}
*/
app.post('/api/users', function (req, res) {
var user = req.body.user;
users.push(user);
return res.send('User has been added successfully');
});
app.listen('3000', function(){
console.log('Server listening on port 3000');
});
