Sending JSON Data from $http to Node JS Express restful service

Question

What is the best way to send data from Angular js to node js restful service which uses express. My Angular js code is as follows:-

var myController = function("myController", $scope) {
$http.get("/someUrl", {key1:"value1", key2: "value2"}).then(function(response) { alert(response.data);});

On the Node js end :-

app.get("/someUrl", function(req, res) {console.log(req.body);});

I can see that console.log is displaying {}. Is there a way to send the json input for get as well.

By the way for Nodejs I used express module, I have used body-parser and set all the other things needed.

I am using Angularjs 1.4 and Nodejs express 4.

Answer 1

You can use both $resource and $http . With $resource you can leverage the consistency of REST APIs, since it will use the familiar structure to build the endpoints, so there's a little magic going on.

Using $resource :

var Dog = $resource('/dogs/:dogId', { dogId :'@id' });

var fido = new Dog({ name: "Fido" });
fido.$save();

// POST to /dogs/ with data: { name: "Fido" }

With $http you're more explicit. You can send data like this:

$http({
    method: "get",
    url: "...",
    params: {
        key1: "value1",
        key2: "value2"
    }
});

And like this:

$http({
    method: "post",
    url: "...",
    data: {
        key1: "value1",
        key2: "value2"
    }
});

Answer 2

in your node server now its

app.get("/someUrl", function(req, res) {console.log(req.body);});

try this

app.get("/someUrl", function(req, res) {console.log(req.body.key1);});