nodejs express read POST requests code example

Example 1: How to parse POST requests with express nodejs

const express = require('express');
const bodyParser = require('body-parser');

const app = express();
app.use(bodyParser.urlencoded({ extended: true }));

app.post('/post-test', (req, res) => {
    console.log('Got body:', req.body);
    res.sendStatus(200);
});

app.listen(8080, () => console.log(`Started server at http://localhost:8080!`));

Example 2: 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);