Using POST data to write to local file with node.js and express

Question

I\'m trying to just handle simple POST requests and append the data to a local file. However, when I try to POST raw text with postman, such as \'hi world\', what\'s actuall

Answer 1

var express = require('express'),
    fs = require('fs'),
    url = require('url');
var app = express();

app.use('/public', express.static(__dirname + '/public'));  
app.use(express.static(__dirname + '/public')); 

app.post('/receive', function(request, respond) {
    var body = '';
    filePath = __dirname + '/public/data.txt';
    request.on('data', function(data) {
        body += data;
    });

    request.on('end', function (){
        fs.appendFile(filePath, body, function() {
            respond.end();
        });
    });
});

app.listen(8080);