Node.js with Express: how to redirect a POST request

Question

I want to redirect from one URL request to another 'POST' request, like this:

var app = require('express')();

app.get('/', function(req, res) {
  res.redirect('/test');
});

app.post('/test', function(req, res) {
  res.send('/test page');
});

app.listen(3000, function() {
  console.log('listenning on port:3000');
});

question from:https://stackoverflow.com/questions/38810114/node-js-with-express-how-to-redirect-a-post-request

Answer 1

You can do this:

app.post('/', function(req, res) {
  res.redirect(307, '/test');
});

Which will preserve the send method.

For reference, the 307 http code spec is:

307 Temporary Redirect (since HTTP/1.1) In this occasion, the request should be repeated with another URI, but future requests can still use the original URI.2 In contrast to 303, the request method should not be changed when reissuing the original request. For instance, a POST request must be repeated using another POST request.

For more info, see: http://www.alanflavell.org.uk/www/post-redirect.html