req.body returning empty data {}

[Epsilon-Rashmi]

I am using Express 4.16.1 version.

Express code:
`const express = require('express');
const app = express();

app.use(express.urlencoded({ extended: false }));
app.use(express.json());
app.post('/', (req, res) => {
console.log(req.body);// returns {}
res.send('this works');
});`

ReactJS code:
export function loginAuth(data) { const url='http://localhost:3001/'; return fetch(url, { method: 'POST', mode: 'no-cors', body: data, headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' } }).then(res => { console.log(res); return res; }).catch(err => err); }

[MrSlimCoder]

req.body will be accessible with body parser in express not sure about your version.

[Epsilon-Rashmi]

I tried with the below code as well, but req.body is still returning {}

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

app.use(bodyParser.urlencoded({ extended: true }));
app.use(bodyParser.json());
app.post('/', (req, res) => {
console.log(req.body);
res.send('this works'+JSON.stringify(req.body));
});
`

[ghinks]

please try the following clients

curl

  http://localhost:8000/ \
  -H 'cache-control: no-cache' \
  -H 'content-type: application/json' \
  -d '{
	"name": "value"
}'```

or via node

var request = require("request");

var options = { method: 'POST',
url: 'http://localhost:8000/',
headers:
{
'cache-control': 'no-cache',
'content-type': 'application/json' },
body: { name: 'value' },
json: true };

request(options, function (error, response, body) {
if (error) throw new Error(error);

console.log(body);
});

or use **postman**


with the following server code

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

app.use(bodyParser.urlencoded({ extended: true }));
app.use(bodyParser.json());
app.post('/', (req, res) => {
console.log(req.body);
res.send('this works'+JSON.stringify(req.body));
});
app.listen(8000, () => console.log('started on port 8000...'))

I can assure you this is working. I am closing this issue but will re-open it if you ask me to.

Good luck and best wishes with your application

( apologies we have to concentrate on express JS bugs and issues and have limited time for advice for app developers currently)