POST 400 Errors

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1

I am trying to create a Todolist API, which adds a new todo in my todo.js file using the POST method. This post method is called using jQuery in my client.js but I am receiving POST 400 errors in the Chrome Console.

My todo endpoint:

app.post('/api/v1/newtodos', (req, res) => {
  if(!req.body.title) {
    return res.status(400).send({
      success: 'false',
      message: 'title is required'
    });
  } else if(!req.body.description) {
    return res.status(400).send({
      success: 'false',
      message: 'description is required'
    });
  } else {
    return res.status(400).send({
      success: 'false',
      message: 'somethings wrong?'
    })
  }
  
 const todo = {
   id: db.length + 1,
   title: req.body.title,
   description: req.body.description
 }
 db.push(todo);
 return res.status(201).send({
   success: 'true',
   message: 'todo added successfully',
   todo
 })
});

and the client-side code that calls the POST method using jQuery:

const appendNewDream = function(dream) {
  const newListItem = document.createElement("li");
  newListItem.innerHTML = dream;
  dreamsList.appendChild(newListItem);
  
  $.ajax({
    type: "POST",
    url: "https://glossy-pruner.glitch.me/api/v1/newtodos",
    data: JSON.stringify({
      "title": "Test Name",
      "description": "Creating test subject to check POST method API"
    }),
    error: function(e) {
      console.log(e);
    },
    dataType: "json",
    contentType: "application/json"
  });
};

Project name: glossy-pruner

2

Are you using body-parser with your express server?

3

The last else condition is catching everything that should succeed.

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4

@charliea21, I am using body-parser and @mishavee, thanks a lot! :smiley: