Nodejs GET and POST mixed up in live server but working in localhost

Question

I have the following APIs, in order

router.post('/:name/insertDesign', function(req, res) {
  console.log('[API] /insertDesign { username: ' + req.params.name + ' }');


router.get('/:name/:project', excludeSpecialRoutes, function(req, res, next) {
    result = {
      username: 'anonymous',
      project: req.params.project,
      access: 'Public',
    };
  console.log('[API] /project', result);

When running the post call in localhost I got the following log:

[API] /insertDesign { username: vc }

but when running it post call in the live server the log is as follow:

[API] /project { username: 'anonymous',
  project: 'insertDesign',
  access: 'Public' }

This is very confusing, shouldn't the API call reached the code in order? The code was working fine in the live server before.. Kindly give advice how I could troubleshoot this issue.. Thank you.

Hate to make it sound trivial, but if you hit that log, then it is because you did a GET instead of a POST — Zannith, Jul 21 '20 at 21:10
I use the same client application and just changed the URL from local to live server; uhm probably I'll have to debug the client app then — cristie09, Jul 22 '20 at 07:51
Try to debug using a REST client (like Postman) just in case to confirm the hunch of everyone :) — Don F., Jul 22 '20 at 08:07
yes, 100% sure, just tested and also marked the solution below — cristie09, Jul 22 '20 at 09:01

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 21 '20 at 19:52

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seems like in the live server you made a get request, not post.

answered Jul 21 '20 at 19:52

Cam Gallucci

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score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 22 '20 at 08:52

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Maybe it's your nginx if it's on the server. POST request turns into GET request

I assumed you tried on your local machine without nginx while the server has one.

answered Jul 22 '20 at 08:52

Don F.

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ok, i just checked that the real issue is in my nginx configuration - it converted post to get .. thanks a lot! – cristie09 Jul 22 '20 at 09:00

Nodejs GET and POST mixed up in live server but working in localhost

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