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JavaScript Building a MEAN Application Creating and Editing Data in a MEAN App Creating Data with POST Routes in Express

Christopher Parke
Christopher Parke
21,978 Points
Posted by Christopher Parke
Christopher Parke
21,978 Points

Where does this dance thing come from???

All of a sudden there is a dance todo in postman. I don't have that. Did he type it in offscreen? God I hate that.

Sergiu Lazics
Sergiu Lazics
8,676 Points

Hey Christopher! I was having the same problem until I figured out a solution.

Step 1: Check inside app.js and define the parser before the router.

app.use(parser.json());
app.use('/api', router);

Step 2: In POSTMAN when POST-ing, make sure that the body content is submitted as JSON (application/json) and not as Text as it is by default.

I hope this solves your problem.

Cheers

1 Answer

Jonathan Cousins
Jonathan Cousins
7,508 Points
Jonathan Cousins
Jonathan Cousins
7,508 Points

He had it written off screen and pasted it in.

Here is the json he wrote:

{
  "name": "Dance",
  "completed": false
}

Note: Make sure you change the post body type from Text to JSON (application/json).