I am trying to pass some parameters to my localhost (which is using nodejs) with a CURL command, but my localhost isn't reading them correctly.
I am doing my POST request to my localhost like this:
curl --data "db_name=auto&old_db=Lab.tar.gz&new_db=627999E00_10.tgz"
--noproxy localhost
-H "Accept: text/plain"
-H "Content-Type: text/plain"
-X POST http://localhost:8084/auto
And I try to retrieve my data params with node like this:
app.post('/auto',function(req,res){
var db_name=req.body.db_name; //undefined
var old_db=req.body.old_db; //undefined
var new_db=req.body.new_db; //undefined
...
});
But db_name
,old_db
,new_db
are all always undefined
.
Also, req.body
is an empty object {}
And req.url
is just /auto
How to I retrieve the parameters that I passed with my curl program in node?
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Versions
- NodeJS v6.5.0
- ExpressJS v3.14.0
- CURL v7.22.0
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Updates
My ExpressJs configuration is the following:
app.use(express.favicon());
app.use(express.logger('dev'));
app.use(express.bodyParser());
app.use(express.urlencoded());
app.use(app.router);
app.use(express.static(_path.join(__dirname, '..', 'Client')));
Also I tried some other curl variations:
curl --noproxy localhost
-H "Accept: text/plain"
-H "Content-Type: application/json"
-X POST
-d "{'db_name':'auto','old_db':'Lab.tar.gz','new_db':'627999E00_10.tgz'}"
http://localhost:8084/auto
Answer
Finally got it to work with the help from @J.Chen and @hanshenrik !
If I change the format of the --data
in my CURL request to be a JSON object (like {'key':'value',...}
) instead of a string (key=value&...
),
AND if I remove the -H "Accept: text/plain" -H "Content-Type: application/json"
from the CURL request,
Then my nodeJS Application finally sees the parameters in req.body
.
So my final code is:
curl --noproxy localhost
-X POST
-d "{'db_name':'auto','old_db':'Lab.tar.gz','new_db':'627999E00_10.tgz'}"
http://localhost:8084/auto
And my NodeJS code is:
app.post('/auto',function(req,res){
var parseMe = Object.keys(req.body)[0];
var parsedParams = JSON.parse(parseMe);
var db_name=parsedParams.db_name;
var old_db=parsedParams.old_db;
var new_db=parsedParams.new_db;
...
});
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