express post request code example

Example 1: react post request

componentDidMount() {
    // Simple POST request with a JSON body using fetch
    const requestOptions = {
        method: 'POST',
        headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' },
        body: JSON.stringify({ title: 'React POST Request Example' })
    };
    fetch('https://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/posts', requestOptions)
        .then(response => response.json())
        .then(data => this.setState({ postId: data.id }));
}

Example 2: express hello world

//to run : node filename.js
const express = require('express')
const app = express()
const port = 3000

app.get('/', (req, res) => res.send('Hello World!'))

app.listen(port, () => console.log(`Example app listening at http://localhost:${port}`))

//visit localhost:3000
// assuming you have done 1) npm init 2) npm install express

Example 3: express get url parameters

app.get('/path/:name', function(req, res) {
  res.send("tagId is set to " + req.params.name);
});

Example 4: express receive post data

const { id } = req.body;

Example 5: node express post request json

var express = require('express');

var app = express();

app.use(express.json()); // built-in middleware for express

app.post('/', function(request, response){
 	let myJson = request.body;      // your JSON
	let myValue = request.body.myKey;	// a value from your JSON
	response.send(myJson);	 // echo the result back
});

app.listen(3000);

Example 6: node js express url parameters

// http://localhost:8080/api/1
app.get('/api/:version', function(req, res) {
    res.send(req.params.version);
});

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