Unable to get $http.post request data in Node.js res.body - angularjs

Question

I am using Angular 1.3 and node.js 0.12.2 for a project. I am hitting the node.js api using
$http.post("url", request_data){}
And on server side using this:
console.log(req.body)
But everytime the api gets called, it gets empty object {} for request_data , Unable to get what the problem is. I have used body_parser like this:
var bodyParser = require('body-parser');
app.use(bodyParser.json()); // support json encoded bodies
app.use(bodyParser.urlencoded({ extended: true })); // support encoded bodies
Have also tried adding content-type header in angular $http as:
headers : {'Content-Type': 'applicatio n/x-www-form-urlencoded'}
But not getting request data.
EDIT:
Node.js code :
router.post('/url',function(req,res){
console.log(req.body)
})
Note: Developer Tool's network tab showing the data, I am sending, in request header correctly, but node.js server not receiving in req.body.
In POSTman getting data is correctly in response.

Answer 1

some ideas :
Maybe an URL error ? Make sure you aren't using a prefix like app.use('/api', router);
Look at the Content-Type :
application/x-www-form-urlencoded --> 'var1="SomeValue"&var2='+SomeVariable
application/json;charset=UTF-8 --> {var1:"SomeValue", var2:SomeVariable}
You could use $http more explicitly :
$http({
url: '...',
method: 'POST',
headers: {
'Content-Type': 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded'
},
data: 'var1="SomeValue"&var2='+SomeVariable
});

Answer 2

My best guess is that your angular $http request URL is pointing to a bad end-point.
Angularjs
// data to post nodejs server
var _data = {
'message': 'Can I help you?'
};
// angularjs $http post request
$http.post('/api/url', _data).then(function(respond){
// if success
console.log(respond);
}, function(error){
// if an error
console.error(error);
});
Nodejs
// router function
function something(req, res) {
// console.log the request body
console.log(req.body);
// respond JSON object
var _respond = {
'status': 200
};
// expressjs respond a JSON with status code 200
res.status(200).json(_respond);
}
// register route URL
router.post('/api/url', something);
Note that the code end point URLs are same : /api/url
Therefore as your code sample in above question, you'r missing a /