Can't seem to POST using Python and Node.js

Question

I've looked at various posts on this topic but am still running into an error with this.

Python code:

import requests
import json

url = 'http://127.0.0.1:8080/ay'
payload = {'some': 'data'}
r = requests.post(url,  data=payload)

print r.text
print r.status_code

Node.js code:

var app = express();
app.use(bodyparser.urlencoded({
    extended: true
}));
app.use(bodyparser.json());

app.post('/ay', function(req, res){
    console.log(req.body);
    res.send('done');
});

So I've looked at my req and even req.body but req.body returns undefined so I think it's with json=payload but I've also tried params=payload and data=json.dumps(payload)

Edit: I forgot to include bodyparser and urlencoded. I edited my code to show the changes.

Are you using the appropriate form parsing middleware on the server side? — mscdex
– mscdex, Commented Mar 2, 2016 at 4:44
If you're submitting JSON, you need some kind of middleware that can parse that type of request (e.g. the body-parser module's JSON middleware). — mscdex
– mscdex, Commented Mar 2, 2016 at 4:50
Did your codes including body-parser to parse the json request? var bodyParser = require('body-parser'); app.use(bodyParser.json()); — zangw
– zangw, Commented Mar 2, 2016 at 5:02
I tried that but the body is now {} ... so at least not undefined now. But I'm still not seeing some:data on the node.js side - is it because of the python code now? — user1883614
– user1883614, Commented Mar 2, 2016 at 16:15

Wasiq Muhammad · Accepted Answer · 2016-03-02 05:11:24Z

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You have to use body-parser to get JSON from request body

var bodyparser = require('body-parser'); 
app.use(bodyparser.json());

answered Mar 2, 2016 at 5:11

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user1883614 Over a year ago

I tried that but the body is now {} ... so at least not undefined now. But I'm still not seeing some:data on the node.js side - is it because of the python code now?

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