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JavaScript

Posted by Marko Delgadillo
Marko Delgadillo
4,524 Points

Why was the previously submitted name still displayed in the console without having to submit it again?

After requiring body-parser and creating the app.use middleware, I simply went back to the web app after saving my app.js and refreshed. Once I refreshed, the name I had previously submitted displayed in the console.

I didn't have to submit the name again like in the video in order to have it displayed via console.dir().

Can anyone tell me why that is? How did the previously submitted name get stored? and how can I have that value cleared after submission?

Michael Hulet
Michael Hulet
47,913 Points

Which browser/OS combo are you using? Also, can you link the video that you're following? It looks like it didn't get associated properly with the question

Marko Delgadillo
Marko Delgadillo
4,524 Points

Thank you, MIchael for responding. A later video answered my question :)

1 Answer

Marko Delgadillo
Marko Delgadillo
4,524 Points

UPDATE: A later video answered my question. When refreshing the browser, it keeps using the post request from before. Only when clicking on the browser URL and hitting Enter will the GET request be triggered again, in which case clearing the req.body.

The Video with this explanation was on Express Basics - The Response Object . :)