POST request not coming through (MERN) - node.js

Question

I'm using the MERN stack to build an application for the first time.
In order to log HTTP requests I use "morgan".
I managed to send data to mongodb which seems to be working fine. The problem is that my post request is not coming through. It says "pending" for 4 minutes, then fails.
Here's what I think is the relevant part of my code:
"server.js":
const express = require("express");
const mongoose = require("mongoose");
const morgan = require("morgan");
const path = require("path");
const cors = require("cors");
const app = express();
const PORT = process.env.PORT || 8080;
const routes = require("./routes/api");
const MONGODB_URI =
"...";
mongoose.connect(MONGODB_URI || "mongodb://localhost/app", {
useNewUrlParser: true,
useUnifiedTopology: true
});
mongoose.connection.on("connected", () => {
console.log("Mongoose is connected.");
});
app.use(express.json());
app.use(express.urlencoded({ extended: false }));
app.use(cors());
app.use(morgan("tiny"));
app.use("/api", routes);
app.listen(PORT, console.log(`Server is starting at ${PORT}`));
Then I've put my routes into another file "api.js":
const express = require("express");
const router = express.Router();
const Lane = require("../models/lanes");
router.get("/", (req, res) => {
Lane.find({})
.then(data => {
res.json(data);
console.log("Get request successful!");
})
.catch(error => {
console.log("Error: ", error);
});
});
router.post("/save", (req, res) => {
const data = req.body;
const newLane = new Lane();
newLane.collection.insertMany(data, err => {
if (err) {
console.log(err);
} else {
console.log("Multiple docs inserted");
}
});
});
module.exports = router;
I'm using axios to send the request. This happens after submitting a form within my application.
reducer function:
const reducer = (state, action) => {
switch (action.type) {
case "add":
axios({
url: "http://localhost:8080/api/save",
method: "POST",
data: [...state, { id: uuid(), title: action.title, tasks: [] }]
})
.then(() => {
console.log("Data has been sent to the server");
})
.catch(() => {
console.log("Internal server error");
});
return [...state, { id: uuid(), title: action.title, tasks: [] }];
The reducer is being used by my context provider component, which looks like this:
export function LanesProvider(props) {
const [lanes, dispatch] = useReducer(reducer, defaultLanes);
return (
<LanesContext.Provider value={lanes}>
<DispatchContext.Provider value={dispatch}>
{props.children}
</DispatchContext.Provider>
</LanesContext.Provider>
);
}
The "add" method inside my reducer is being called when submitting a form inside another component.
Please let me know if I can add anything to my question that would help.
Thank you in advance!

Answer 1

you are not sending any response back to client. Try to modify post method like
router.post("/save", (req, res) => {
const data = req.body;
const newLane = new Lane();
newLane.collection.insertMany(data, err => {
if (err) {
console.log(err);
res.send(err)
} else {
console.log("Multiple docs inserted");
res.send("Multiple docs inserted")
}
});
});