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Add POST endpoint to express application
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| const express = require('express') | |
| const bodyParser = require('body-parser') | |
| // instantiate express application | |
| const app = express() | |
| app.use(bodyParser.urlencoded({extended: true})) | |
| app.use(bodyParser.json()) | |
| // create POST route | |
| app.post("/", (req, res) => { | |
| const data = req.body.data; | |
| res.send(data); | |
| }); | |
| // start application | |
| const PORT = 8080 | |
| app.listen(PORT, () => { | |
| console.log(`Listening on port ${PORT}`) | |
| }) |
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| { | |
| "name": "express-example", | |
| "version": "1.0.0", | |
| "description": "", | |
| "main": "index.js", | |
| "scripts": { | |
| "test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1" | |
| }, | |
| "keywords": [], | |
| "author": "", | |
| "license": "ISC", | |
| "dependencies": { | |
| "express": "^4.17.1", | |
| "body-parser": "^1.19.0" | |
| } | |
| } |
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