Cannot GET /api/addmasterlist on app.post - node.js

Question

server.js
var express = require('express');
var mysql = require('mysql');
var app = express();
var morgan = require('morgan');
var bodyParser = require('body-parser');
var methodOverride = require("method-override");
var request = require("request");
app.use(express.static(__dirname + '/public'));
app.use(morgan('combined'));
app.use(bodyParser.urlencoded({'extended' : 'true'}));
app.use(bodyParser.json());
app.use(bodyParser.json({ type: 'application/vnd.api+json'}));
app.use(methodOverride());
var pool = mysql.createPool({
connectionLimit : 100, //important
host : 'localhost',
port : 3306,
user : 'root',
password : 'xxxxxxx',
database : 'masterlist',
debug : false
});
//Rest APIs
app.get('/api/fetchmasterlist', function(req, res){
pool.getConnection(function(err, connection){
if(!err){
//Query
var strquery = "SELECT * FROM students";
connection.query(strquery, function(err, rows){
if(err){
res.json("Error in Query." + err);
}else{
res.json(rows);
}
});
}else {
//Return an Error
connection.release();
connection.destroy();
res.json("Error geting connection from DATABASE.");
return;
}
});
});
app.post('/api/addmasterlist', function(req, res){
pool.getConnection(function(err, connection){
if(!err){
//Query
/*var post = req.body.param;*/
var strquery = "INSERT INTO students(id, studentid, studentname, course, year) VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?, ?)";
connection.query(strquery, [req.body.id, req.body.studentid, req.body.studentname, req.body.course, req.body.year], function(err, rows){
if(err){
res.json("Error in Query." + err);
}else{
res.json("Success in inserting the new student." + rows);
}
});
}else {
//Return an Error
/*connection.release();
connection.destroy();*/
res.json("Error geting connection from DATABASE.");
return;
}
});
});
// application route
app.get('*', function(req, res){
res.sendfile('./public/index.html') // load the single static file
});
// listen
app.listen(8080);
console.log("App listening on port 8080");
my api/addmasterlist is not working and it gives me
Cannot GET /api/addmasterlist
error on the browser
using app.get on the masterlist seems to work fine and reflect on the database the problem is it will not work on my angular.js
okay using app.get seems to work but can anyone help me is this the proper way of pushing through nodejs? using angular
$scope.saveNewStudent = function(){
var dataa = $scope.studentmasterlist.push({
id: ($scope.studentmasterlist.length + 1),
studentid: $scope.studentid,
studentname: $scope.studentname,
course: $scope.course,
year: $scope.year,
});
$http.get('/api/addmasterlist', dataa).success(function(data, status) {
console.log('Data posted successfully');
})
//Clear the scope
$scope.studentid = "";
$scope.studentname = "";
$scope.course = "";
$scope.year = "";
}

Answer 1

The problem is that you declared your /api/addmasterlist endpoint as a POST request. Try changing it to GET and it might work as you expected.
Change this:
app.post('/api/addmasterlist', function(req, res){
To this:
app.get('/api/addmasterlist', function(req, res){
Alternatively, you can change your angular's http from get to post:
Change:
$http.get('/api/addmasterlist', dataa).success(function(data, status) {
to
$http.post('/api/addmasterlist', dataa).success(function(data, status) {