How to add data to DB using a POST request in Node JS?

Asked Mar 13 '15 at 05:35

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I tried to add a record to the database using a POST request in Node JS. I tried with the following,

<form action="/addDevice?deviceToken=" onsubmit="location.href = this.action + this.token.value; return false;" method="POST">
    <input name="token" type="text" value="3456as7dssa65d56da78s9d9sd67"/><br>
    <input type="submit" value="Add Device" class="btn btn-success"/><br>
</form>

in Node JS, I did,

app.post('/addDevice', function (req, res) {

   device.addNewDevice(req.data.deviceToken, function (err, result) {
      if (err) return res.json(err);
      var msg = 'Added ' + result.affectedRows + ' rows.';
      console.log('bode : ' + req.data.deviceToken);

      // display all devices
      device.getDevices(function (err, devices) {
         if (err) return res.json(err);
         res.render('device_view.html', {devices: devices, msg: msg});
      });

   });
});

When I'm running this I got the following error,

Cannot GET /addDevice?deviceToken=3456as7dssa65d56da78s9d9sd67

How can I fix this?

Thanks in Advance!

asked Mar 13 '15 at 05:35

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` Is there any other way to define it as POST ??
– codebot Mar 13 '15 at 05:38
GET action take place in onsubmit i think, whta is the purpose for that? – itzMEonTV Mar 13 '15 at 05:40
I want to pass the value of input, to the action like `addDevice?deviceToken=3456as7dssa65d56da78s9d9sd67` – codebot Mar 13 '15 at 05:42
you want to get `value` after form action in server, right? – itzMEonTV Mar 13 '15 at 05:45
Why do you hardcode 'value' in text field?it will show a text field with that `value` na? – itzMEonTV Mar 13 '15 at 05:50
Yes. i want to pass it.. I just put a default for testing purpose.. :) – codebot Mar 13 '15 at 05:52
then no need of onsubmit, just use `method="post" action="/addDevice"` only, you will get data from POST request. – itzMEonTV Mar 13 '15 at 05:54
refer http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4295782/how-do-you-extract-post-data-in-node-js – itzMEonTV Mar 13 '15 at 05:57

How to add data to DB using a POST request in Node JS?

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