No response from Express + postman - express

Question

I cannot seem to POST data via Postman & Express.
My POST verb code is as follows
app.use(bodyParser.urlencoded({extended:true}));
app.use(bodyParser.json());
var fdbRouter = express.Router();
fdbRouter.route('/films')
//post verb
.post(function (req, res) {
var item = new Film(req.body);
console.log(item);
//item.save();
res.status(201).send(item);
})
And my Postman setup is as follows
I have befriended google and came up with this
1. Node.js/Express form post req.body not working
2. req.body empty on posts
3. Express + Postman, req.body is empty
4. `express` app - not able to test the `post` request using `postman`
PS The watched item in postman is default in the mongoose schema i have so it's created regardless whether express works or not.

Answer 1

Whenever I have worked with a post request in express it's been formatted as below (assuming you're using mongoDB):
var express = require('express');
var fdbRouter = express.Router();
var model = require("<FILE TO IMPORT MODEL>") //This file will differ, but you need to import the model you created for films in your DB
var FilmModel = model.Film //also depends on how you exported your model in your dbFiles. Either way you need this model as the blue print for your post request
//I'm also assuming here that you're calling /films correctly and have it sourced as such in your app.js so you don't need /api/films as you have listed in your postman setup image
fdbRouter.post('/films', function(req,res){
var newfilm = new FilmModel()
newFilm.title = req.body.Title
newFilm.year = req.body.Year
newFilm.genre = req.body.Genre
newFilm.save(function(err, savedObject){
if(err){
console.log(err)
res.status(500).send()
}else{
res.send(savedObject)
}
})
})
Please note: this code example assumes a test db with a schema and model has been setup and is available for import to your routes file.
Let me know if this puts you on the right track!