express PUT shows cannot PUT error

Question

I have this in my express

router.put('/admin/profile?:id/actions', (req, res) => {
console.log(req.body.actions)
});

and in postman I do a PUT request

http://localhost:3000/api/admin/58fb442234c93715b435395/actions

with actions as key like

actions:approve

but I get cannot PUT error? I'm expecting 'approve' in my node's console.

Answer 1

Your route might be wrong. As far as I understand the express.js documentation on route paths, as long as your :id -parameter does not start with either profil or profile , your route will not be called.

Remove the profile? from your path.

Answer 2

try the following in postman as you are sending data in params so the name of action is requires as approve/disapprove

http://localhost:3000/api/admin/58fb442234c93715b435395/approve

if you want to send the key name as well so use query params like

http://localhost:3000/api/admin/58fb442234c93715b435395?action=approve

router.put('/admin/profile?:id/actions',

change your router.put to

router.put('/admin/profile/:id/:actions',