cannot post /api/additemtocart

[teal nacelle]

catch your errors so you can see what the errors are?

axios.post("http://localhost:64135/api/additemtocart", {
    userID: 2,
    itemID: 2,
    quantity: 1
  })
  .then((response) => {
    console.log(response);
  })
  .catch(err => console.error(err))

[sullen pumice]

just returns a 404

AxiosError: Request failed with status code 404

can i send you the code to the whole express file in dms

if that helps

[teal nacelle]

well 404 is good, because it means it's reaching the server but your server isn't matching the path

are you sure you imported the file into the router

[sullen pumice]

i have it all in one file

[teal nacelle]

oh lol i can't believe i missed that

you've got a typo, you'll kick yourself when you see it

[sullen pumice]

no shot

i looked over the entire thing for a straight hour

where is it??

[teal nacelle]

this is the culprit

[sullen pumice]

slash

WAIT

LMFAO

THATS SO DEPRESSING I JUST WASTED AHOUR OF MY LIFE

[teal nacelle]

been there 😂

[sullen pumice]

THANK YOU SO MUCH

[teal nacelle]

sal good

[sullen pumice]

@teal nacelle not to bother u but since that compiled i got another problem lol

sorry if this is a very elementary problem i normally use py kinda new to js

when im trying to parse the request body

i get
SyntaxError: "[object Object]" is not valid JSON

this is when trying to access something inside req.body

if i do req.body.<element> i get undefined

[teal nacelle]

okay so you know how JS is like super unsafe when it comes to types

[sullen pumice]

yea heard about that

[teal nacelle]

if req.body is an object, and you try to treat it like a string, the string you get is [object object]

[sullen pumice]

so would i do

json.parse(json.stringify

[teal nacelle]

JSON.parse is a function that takes a string and converts it to an object

[sullen pumice]

if i did this wouldnt the entire point of the line make no sense

because im converting something to a string then right back

[teal nacelle]

beat me to it

[sullen pumice]

haha

[teal nacelle]

req.body should have properties from the post request, assuming you put it through middleware the request may already be parsed for you

[sullen pumice]

i just did app.use(express.json());

[teal nacelle]

but if you wanna do it the caveman way and just see what's going on inside req.body, use console.dir(req.body)

console.log will be useless since you'll get [object object] again dir will expand it just fine

[sullen pumice]

got this

wait tf why cant i use req.body.userID then

wait nevermind im so stupid im so sorry lmfao

req.body.userID worked perfectly fine

i prob missed the "s" on control s when i was testing it earlier

tysm man

lifesaver

[teal nacelle]

np glad you got it going

[sullen pumice]

what do i do if this just prints out {}

even when i pass in data to the request

sorry idk why it just randomly stopped working lol

[teal nacelle]

you sure you're passing data in?

not forgetting to attach name attributes to the form elements etc

[sullen pumice]

axios.get("http://localhost:64135/api/getcarttotal", {
    userID: 3
  })
  .then((response) => {
    console.log(response);
  })
  .catch(err => console.error(err))

[teal nacelle]

oh

[sullen pumice]

this seems to be right

[teal nacelle]

get requests don't have bodies

[sullen pumice]

oh

so when im doing something like

getting the total for a shopping cart

[teal nacelle]

either change it to be a req.param like

http://localhost:64135/api/getcarttotal&userID=3

or change to post

[sullen pumice]

do you think i should do a get request then put in the cart id as a parm

oh alr

[teal nacelle]

i'd still use POST personally but there's no wrong answer

[sullen pumice]

alright ty again

[teal nacelle]

np

[pure tundra]

your problem was solved ?