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JavaScript Express Basics Deeper into Routing with Express The Request Object

Daniel Hernandez
Daniel Hernandez
13,437 Points
Posted by Daniel Hernandez
Daniel Hernandez
13,437 Points

Whenever I install body-parser, pug is deleted. And whenever I install pug body-parser is deleted.

I have been having this problem with my project, I cannot install body-parser or pug without the other being deleted and my code becoming unable to run. I don't know if the javascript code will help but here it is 

const express = require('express');

const app = express();

const bodyParser = require('body-parser');

app.use(bodyParser.urlencoded({extended: false }));

app.set('view engine', 'pug')

app.get('/', (req, res) =>{
    res.render("index");
});


app.get('/cards', (req, res) =>{
    res.render('card', { prompt: "Who is buried under Grant's Tomb"});
});

app.get('/hello', (req, res) =>{
    res.render('hello');
});


app.post('/hello', (req, res) =>{
        res.render('hello', {name: req.body.username});
});


app.listen(3000, ()=> {
  console.log('The application is running on port 3000')
});

Any help would be greatly appreciated

Amelia Groen
Amelia Groen
6,144 Points

Have you tried installing both as dev dependencies? Use the --save-dev flag instead of just --save. You may need to remove them both first before trying to reinstall.

Here's my package.json file, with everything working fine.

  "name": "flashcards",
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "description": "",
  "main": "app.js",
  "scripts": {
    "test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1"
  },
  "keywords": [],
  "author": "",
  "license": "ISC",
  "dependencies": {
    "express": "^4.15.2"
  },
  "devDependencies": {
    "body-parser": "^1.18.3",
    "pug": "^2.0.3"
  }
}

1 Answer

Daniel Hernandez
Daniel Hernandez
13,437 Points
Daniel Hernandez
Daniel Hernandez
13,437 Points

Thanks, that did it! I feel silly for not thinking of that sooner