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copied!<p>I've looked everywhere I can to find a solution to this. The only thing I've found is an unanswered post. I apologize if I've overlooked something.</p> <p>The problem is that when I try to get the <code>POST</code> values in the <code>/createQuestion</code> API, the body is empty/undefined. I get errors like this <code>Cannot read proprety 'question' of undefined</code> coming from the API.</p> <p>The Express API:</p> <pre><code>app.post("/createQuestion", function(req, res) { var questionType = req.body.question.type; var questionText = req.body.question.text; var questionDuringClass = req.body.question.duringClass; // Do a bunch of stuff res.send(response); }); </code></pre> <p>The test:</p> <pre><code> var should = require('should'); var assert = require('assert'); var request = require('supertest'); var winston = require('winston'); request = request('http://localhost:8080'); describe('Questions', function() { // Test suite before(function(done) { done(); }); it('Should create a freeResponse question', function(done) { // Test case var postData = { "question" : { "type" : "freeResponse", "text" : "This is a test freeResponse question (automated testing)", "duringClass" : "1" } }; request() .post('/createQuestion') .send(postData) .expect(200) .end(function(err, res) { // .end handles the response if (err) { return done(err); } done(); }); }); it('Should delete a freeResponse question', function(done) { // Test case var postData = { "question" : { "type" : "freeResponse", "text" : "This is a test freeResponse question (automated testing)", "duringClass" : "1" } }; request() .post('/deleteQuestion') .send(postData) .expect(200) .end(function(err, res) { // .end handles the response if (err) { return done(err); } done(); }); }); </code></pre> <p>What am I missing? Is the <code>.send()</code> sending the <code>POST</code> data in some different format? Is it not <code>POST</code>ing it to the body of the request?</p>

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