Nodejs CRUD + Test using Postman

Question

Product create - Test I was able to create a category, however when creating a product i tested it out using postman and got error: \"\", then i added the code which requires al

Answer 1

why not console log on every req i.e for example

exports.productById = (req, res, next, id) => {
    console.log(req.body);
};

exports.read = (req, res) => {
    console.log(req.body);
};

exports.create = (req, res) => {
    console.log(req.body);
};

exports.remove = (req, res) => {
    console.log(req.body);
};

you will get a clear picture whether your request are actually received by your backend.

Answer 2

your problem is on setting content type in postman. you send form-data to the server but your server not decoded it. by default, your server gets x-www-form-urlencoded and if you set postman on x-www-form-urlencoded your problem is gone. you must use form-data for upload file

Answer 3

 if (
            !name ||
            !description ||
            !price ||
            !category ||
            !quantity ||
            !shipping
        ) {
            return res.status(400).json({
                error: "All fields are required"
            });
        }

you are sending shipping false from postman , obviously it will return that 400 status, make it :

 if (
            !name ||
            !description ||
            !price ||
            !category ||
            !quantity ||
           shipping!== true || shipping !==false //something like that(or use something from formidable)
        ) {
            return res.status(400).json({
                error: "All fields are required"
            });
        }
    ```