how to print the data from post request on console

Question

I am trying to print the post data on my console

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app.js

var express = require(\'express\')
 , http = require(\'http\');

var app         


        

Answer 1

Use built in function "util" to print any type of json data in express js

var util = require("util");
console.log(util.inspect(myObject, {showHidden: false, depth: null}));

Answer 2

var express = require('express');
var app = express();

app.use(express.bodyParser());

app.post('/post/', function(req, res) {
   // print to console
   console.log(req.body);

   // just call res.end(), or show as string on web
   res.send(JSON.stringify(req.body, null, 4));
});

app.listen(7002);

Answer 3

Use request.query when you have querystring params.

For form/post data use req.body.

In your case, use request.body.key.

Answer 4

An update on using the middleware, body-parser, for later versions of Express: Using app.use(express.bodyParser()) will report an error such as: Error: Most middleware (like bodyParser) is no longer bundled with Express and must be installed separately. Please see https://github.com/senchalabs/connect#middleware.

This can be addressed by first installing the body-parser middleware:

npm install body-parser

then write code such as:

var bodyParser = require('body-parser');
app.use(bodyParser.json());
app.use(bodyParser.urlencoded({ extended: true }));

and then accessing the body of the request object, for example, console.log(req.body)

Answer 5

You can't call app.use(express.bodyParser()); inside middleware/route handler:

• request should pass through bodyParser() before it reaches route handler
• you will be adding new bodyParser()s in each request, but they will be after app.router and will never work

Answer 6

Instead of query:

var keyName=request.query.Key;
   console.log(keyName);

use body:

var keyName1=request.body.key;
console.log(keyName1);

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Code:

var express = require('express')
 , async = require('async')
 , http = require('http');

var app = express();

app.set('port', process.env.PORT || 7002);

app.use(express.static(__dirname + '/public/images'));

app.use(express.bodyParser());

app.post('/Details/',function(request,response,next){

   var keyName1=request.body.key;
   console.log(keyName1);
} );


http.createServer(app).listen(app.get('port'), function(){
 console.log('Express server listening on port ' + app.get('port'));
});