Access header property after API call to Node backend

Question

In my react project, I make an api call to my Node backend endpoint. In this endpoint I return a response with an x-auth-token header set. The code for the response is shown below:

res.header('x-auth-token', token).send('User registered')

In react, I make an api call to this endpoint and I need to extract the x-auth-token and set the value of it in local storage. I try doing this however there is no header being sent with the response.

Here is a snippet of the code for the api call in react:

    const response = await axios.post('http://localhost:5000/api/users/', {username: username, email: email, password: password})
    console.log(response.headers.get('x-auth-token'))

In the console I get:

xhr.js:178 POST http://localhost:5000/api/users/ 400 (Bad Request)

And when I console log response.headers, in the console, I get this returned:

{content-length: "15", content-type: "text/html; charset=utf-8"}
content-length: "15"
content-type: "text/html; charset=utf-8"
__proto__: Object

Does anybody know the issue here? Thanks.

Issue is that your endpoint is not responding correctly.

Matus Dubrava
– Matus Dubrava

2020-07-12 20:07:36 +00:00
Commented Jul 12, 2020 at 20:07 — Matus Dubrava
– Matus Dubrava, Commented Jul 12, 2020 at 20:07
right, backend issue

andsilver
– andsilver

2020-07-12 20:14:53 +00:00
Commented Jul 12, 2020 at 20:14 — andsilver
– andsilver, Commented Jul 12, 2020 at 20:14

Codigo Morsa · Accepted Answer · 2020-07-12 20:16:15Z

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xhr.js:178 POST http://localhost:5000/api/users/ 400 (Bad Request)

First you have to ensure this endpoint works properly. It is not. Fix this before trying to get the auth token.

Check that your server expects a POST call, and that the body is in proper format.

edited Jul 12, 2020 at 20:16

answered Jul 12, 2020 at 20:05

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