# Sending data to a Rest API
**URL:** https://discourse.nodered.org/t/sending-data-to-a-rest-api/30774
**Category:** General
**Created:** [27 July 2020 14:17 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/sending-data-to-a-rest-api/30774 "2020-07-27T14:17:14Z")
**Posts on this page:** 11
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### Author:  [@DanielBerith](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/DanielBerith)
#### Post date: [27 July 2020 14:17 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/sending-data-to-a-rest-api/30774/1 "2020-07-27T14:17:14Z")
Good day,
I hope you are doing well,
i'm trying to send data to a Rest API, that i have created using node.js and express.
i am using the post request, i'm new to node-red, the GET request work fine but i'm kinda stuck when it comes to POST request, the debug side shows that it working and display the successful message from the app but when i look into the database, only the id is created.
when i try to console in the terminal it is empty.
i am using a localhost server
please find some pictures to illustrate
Thank you for you time!
Regards
Daniel
 
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### Author:  [@DanielBerith](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/DanielBerith)
#### Post date: [27 July 2020 14:18 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/sending-data-to-a-rest-api/30774/2 "2020-07-27T14:18:09Z")
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### Author:  [@DanielBerith](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/DanielBerith)
#### Post date: [27 July 2020 14:24 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/sending-data-to-a-rest-api/30774/3 "2020-07-27T14:24:16Z")
please find a pic of the flow
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### Author:  [@Steve-Mcl](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Steve-Mcl)
#### Post date: [27 July 2020 14:27 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/sending-data-to-a-rest-api/30774/4 "2020-07-27T14:27:16Z")
should work.
What does this test flow do...
```auto
[{"id":"e1a946e4.37f558","type":"inject","z":"63b08af4.a0bfc4","name":"","props":[{"p":"payload"},{"p":"topic","vt":"str"}],"repeat":"","crontab":"","once":false,"onceDelay":0.1,"topic":"","payload":"{\"title\":\"hello\"}","payloadType":"json","x":210,"y":160,"wires":[["8296bb26.d2e858"]]},{"id":"8296bb26.d2e858","type":"http request","z":"63b08af4.a0bfc4","name":"","method":"POST","ret":"txt","paytoqs":"ignore","url":"http://localhost:1880/test","tls":"","persist":false,"proxy":"","authType":"","x":400,"y":160,"wires":[["a4938060.8293e"]]},{"id":"edd853b3.56c2f","type":"http in","z":"63b08af4.a0bfc4","name":"","url":"/test","method":"post","upload":false,"swaggerDoc":"","x":230,"y":300,"wires":[["4a46b53.7172b4c","8e949317.b184f"]]},{"id":"4a46b53.7172b4c","type":"debug","z":"63b08af4.a0bfc4","name":"","active":true,"tosidebar":true,"console":false,"tostatus":false,"complete":"true","targetType":"full","statusVal":"","statusType":"auto","x":390,"y":380,"wires":[]},{"id":"a4938060.8293e","type":"debug","z":"63b08af4.a0bfc4","name":"","active":true,"tosidebar":true,"console":false,"tostatus":false,"complete":"true","targetType":"full","statusVal":"","statusType":"auto","x":610,"y":160,"wires":[]},{"id":"8759ab5f.c3e2e8","type":"http response","z":"63b08af4.a0bfc4","name":"","statusCode":"","headers":{},"x":630,"y":300,"wires":[]},{"id":"8e949317.b184f","type":"change","z":"63b08af4.a0bfc4","name":"","rules":[{"t":"set","p":"payload.ok","pt":"msg","to":"true","tot":"bool"}],"action":"","property":"","from":"","to":"","reg":false,"x":450,"y":300,"wires":[["8759ab5f.c3e2e8"]]}]
```
edit...
maybe you need to add Content-Type header `application/json` in your request?
also are you using bodyParser.json?
```auto
app.use(bodyParser.json());
```
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### Author:  [@DanielBerith](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/DanielBerith)
#### Post date: [27 July 2020 14:36 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/sending-data-to-a-rest-api/30774/5 "2020-07-27T14:36:18Z")
thank you for your response Steve
it is only creating the id
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### Author:  [@DanielBerith](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/DanielBerith)
#### Post date: [27 July 2020 14:37 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/sending-data-to-a-rest-api/30774/6 "2020-07-27T14:37:11Z")
@Steve-Mcl i am not using that
let me try it
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### Author:  [@Steve-Mcl](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Steve-Mcl)
#### Post date: [27 July 2020 14:39 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/sending-data-to-a-rest-api/30774/7 "2020-07-27T14:39:45Z")
that demo flow i posted was to create an endpoint in node red to test if your http-request was correctly sending data.
in other words, taking your express application out of the equation (as a process of elimination)
Also, did you know you can push data straight to database from node-red (im only adding that info in case you dont realise and are building an express app unnecessarily)
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### Author:  [@DanielBerith](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/DanielBerith)
#### Post date: [27 July 2020 14:43 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/sending-data-to-a-rest-api/30774/8 "2020-07-27T14:43:28Z")
@Steve-Mcl thank you, i just added app.use(bodyParser.json()); in my application and it works
and yes i have try it with mongodb but i was getting an error that why i tried to build a Rest API
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### Author:  [@Steve-Mcl](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Steve-Mcl)
#### Post date: [27 July 2020 14:47 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/sending-data-to-a-rest-api/30774/9 "2020-07-27T14:47:21Z")
> [@DanielBerith](#):
>
> yes i have try it with mongodb but i was getting an error
Did you report it on the repos issues pages? It is always beneficial to do so if you have exhausted forums etc to raise an issue to give the DEV the chance to fix any bugs. Win win for everyone 🙂
I see this is your first thread on this forum - so I guess you didnt make a post here.
I can assure you plenty of users have had success with node-red mongodb without needing to build an express app.
Anyhow, glad you're sorted.
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### Author:  [@DanielBerith](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/DanielBerith)
#### Post date: [27 July 2020 14:49 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/sending-data-to-a-rest-api/30774/10 "2020-07-27T14:49:39Z")
Thanks again!
and i will report the error that i got with mongodb
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### Author:  [@system](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [10 August 2020 14:49 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/sending-data-to-a-rest-api/30774/11 "2020-08-10T14:49:45Z")
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