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Express 3 - POST method and inserting data
const express = require('express');
const app = express();
const connection = require('./conf');
const bodyParser = require('body-parser');
const port = 3000;
app.use(bodyParser.json());
app.use(bodyParser.urlencoded({
extended: true
})
);
app.get('/', (req, res) => {
res.send('Hi, this is Express')
})
app.get('/api/movies', (req, res) => {
connection.query('SELECT * from movie', (err, results) => {
if (err) {
console.log(err)
res.status(500).send(err.message);
} else {
res.json(results);
}
});
});
app.get('/api/movies/name', (req, res) => {
connection.query('SELECT name from movie', (err, results) => {
if (err) {
res.status(500).send(err.message);
} else {
res.json(results);
}
});
})
app.post('/api/movies', (req, res) => {
// console.log("POST /api/movie", formData);
const formData = req.body;
connection.query('Insert into movie set ?', formData, (err, results) => {
if (err) {
console.log(err);
res.results(500).send('There is an error while saving a movie');
} else {
res.sendStatus(200);
}
});
});
app.listen(port, (err) => {
if(err) {
throw new Error('There is an error!')
}
console.log(`Im listening on ${port}`)
});
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