I am a noob trying to learn nodejs My app needs to post, put and upload a file. I have found the you can't upload a file using BodyParser.
Before i was using just BodyParser (adding it at the app level) , the POST and PUT WORKED. ( of course the upload did not )
I found this article [Migrating away from bodyParser() in Express app with busboy?
Now try to follow the article. I am just trying to get the POST and PUT working and then move to upload. for both PUT AND POST I do not get an error but my req.body is {}
in my server.js I have
mongoose.connection.on("connected", function(ref) {
console.log("Connected to DB!");
var app = express();
port = process.env.port || 3000;
ip = process.env.ip;
var router = express.Router();
router.use(function(req, res, next) {
next();
});
app.use('/api', router);
require('./app/routes')(router);
app.listen(port, ip, function() {
console.log('listening on port ' + port);
});
});
in my router.js i have (remove some clutter)
var ImageModel = require('./models/image.js')
,common = require('./common.js')
,bodyParser = require('body-parser')
,busboy = require('connect-busboy')
;
module.exports = function(router) {
router.put('/pict/:id',
bodyParser.urlencoded({ extended: true }),
function (req, res) {
console.log("--> %j", req.body);
ImageModel.findByIdAndUpdate(req.params.id, req.body, function (err, user) {
if (err) throw err;
ImageModel.findById(req.params.id, function (err, pict) {
if (err) res.send(err);
res.json(pict);
});
});
});
router.post('/pict',
bodyParser.urlencoded({ extended: true }),
function (req, res) {
console.log("--> %j", req.body);
var pict = new ImageModel(req.body);
pict.save(function (err) {
if (err) throw err;
res.json(pict);
});
});
Solution
router.put('/pict/:id',
bodyParser.urlencoded({ extended: true }), bodyParser.json(),
function (req, res) {
console.log("--> %j", req.body);
ImageModel.findByIdAndUpdate(req.params.id, req.body, function (err, user) {
if (err) throw err;
ImageModel.findById(req.params.id, function (err, pict) {
if (err) res.send(err);
res.json(pict);
});
});
});
router.post('/pict',
bodyParser.urlencoded({ extended: true }), bodyParser.json(),
function (req, res) {
console.log("--> %j", req.body);
var pict = new ImageModel(req.body);
pict.save(function (err) {
if (err) throw err;
res.json(pict);
});
});
