Express: app.post(path, callback [, callback ...]): Route post requests

app.post(path, callback [, callback ...])

Route post requests to this path to the callback functions.

Example

app.post('/user', (req, res) => {

         console.log(req.body);

         res.json(req.body);

})

index.js

var express = require('express')
var bodyParser = require('body-parser');

var app = express()

// for parsing application/json
app.use(bodyParser.json());

app.get('/', (req, res) => {
 res.send('Hello World')
})

app.post('/user', (req, res) => {
 console.log(req.body);
 res.json(req.body);
})


var listener = app.listen(3000, () => {console.log('Application started on port ' + listener.address().port);});

Run index.js.

Use any rest client like postman to send post requests.

Method: POST

url: http://localhost:3000/user

body:

{

  "name" : "Krishna",

  "id" : "I12345"

}

Set 'Content-Type' header to application/json.

You can see below response.

You can see below messages in console.

Application started on port 3000

{ name: 'Krishna', id: 'I12345' }

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