Post parameters empty NodeJS Express-CodePudding

I just set up a project in NodeJS and I am trying to do a POST request from my frontend (via API). Everything is working fine, the post request is succesfully performed, all the parameters are sent and my NodeJS app gets the request, however the body/params are empty.

Here's the code I am using:

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

const hostname = '127.0.0.1';
const port = 3000;
const app = express();


const corsOptions = {
  origin: 'http://localhost:4200',
  allowedHeaders: ['Content-Type']
}


app.options('*', cors(corsOptions));
app.use(cors(corsOptions));
app.use(bodyParser.urlencoded({extended : true}));
app.use(bodyParser.json());

app.post('/', function (req, res) {
  console.log(req);
  res.send('Hello World!');
})

The app shows 'Hello World' when I post to the the default path and also shows all the req information but the parameters are empty {}

Here's my client side code:

  testPost(parameter1: any, parameter2: any): Observable<any> {
    return this.http.post(URL_API.url,
                                {'parameter1': parameter1, 'parameter2': parameter2},
                                {headers: new HttpHeaders({'Content-Type': '*'})});
  }

Here's wat I get in NodeJS:

<ref *2> IncomingMessage {
  _readableState: ReadableState {
    objectMode: false,
    highWaterMark: 16384,
    buffer: BufferList { head: null, tail: null, length: 0 },
    length: 0,
    pipes: [],
    flowing: null,
    ended: false,
    endEmitted: false,
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    readableListening: false,
    resumeScheduled: false,
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    emitClose: true,
    autoDestroy: false,
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    errored: null,
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    closeEmitted: false,
    defaultEncoding: 'utf8',
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    multiAwaitDrain: false,
    readingMore: true,
    decoder: null,
    encoding: null,
    [Symbol(kPaused)]: null
  },
  _events: [Object: null prototype] { end: [Function: clearRequestTimeout] },
  _eventsCount: 1,
  _maxListeners: undefined,
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    _host: null,
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      encoding: null,
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      timeout: [Function: socketOnTimeout],
      data: [Function: bound socketOnData],
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      drain: [Function: bound socketOnDrain],
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    on: [Function: socketListenerWrap],
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    accept: 'application/json, text/plain, */*',
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    referer: 'http://localhost:4200/',
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So here's my question: How do I get post parameters in NodeJS?

CodePudding user response：

As in the comments, in client side, you need to specify content type explicitly.

for example:

'Content-Type': 'application/json'

then in your express app:

console.log(req.body)

credits to @isolated and @john in the question's comments