Using http query string as a database object node.js/express

Question

Experimenting with node.js / express / mongodb.

I\'m using

http://localhost:3000/models/save?model={\"name\":\"blah blah blah\"}

to pass a test JSON obj

Answer 1

Please try the following:

var model = JSON.parse(req.query.model);

instead of the line

var model = req.query.model;

JSON.parse method parses JSON string representation (which in your case is model request query parameter) and returns Javascript object which you can then use in your insert process.

I hope it helps some way.