angularjs - Angular $http POST gets null from ExpressJS -

i'm inexperienced in backend , working node , trying set $http post request send form express. each time make request, callback data null. perhaps express routes not configured correctly? i'm using angular communicate express/node send email through nodemailer (which i've configured).

here $http post request:

client/service/emailer/emailer.js

angular.module('public').factory('emailerservice',function($http) {     return {             postemail: function(emaildata, callback) {             console.log('call http object', emaildata);             $http({                 method: 'post',                 url: 'http://my-website.com/server/routes/emailer',                 data: emaildata,                 headers: { "content-type": "application/json" },                 responsetype: 'json'             }).success(function(data, status, headers, config) {                 console.log('success', data, status);             }).error(function(data, status, headers, config) {                 console.log('error', data, status);             }).catch(function(error){                 console.log('catch', error);             });         }     }; }); 

here server side express configuration:

server/routes/emailer.js

var express = require('express'); var router = express.router(); var bodyparser = require('body-parser'); var logger = require('morgan');  var app = express();  app.use(bodyparser.json()); app.use(bodyparser.urlencoded({ extended: false })); app.use(logger('dev'));  app.post('/emailer', function(req,res) {     // nothing logs here     console.log(res, req, req.body, res.body); });  module.exports = app; 

nothing logs console here, , error handling on $http request returns this:

emailer.js:4 call http  object {email: "asdf"} angular.js:8632 options http://matt-mcdaniel.com/server/routes/emailer net::err_connection_timed_out(anonymous function) @ angular.js:8632sendreq @ angular.js:8426$get.serverrequest @ angular.js:8146deferred.promise.then.wrappedcallback @ angular.js:11682deferred.promise.then.wrappedcallback @ angular.js:11682(anonymous function) @ angular.js:11768$get.scope.$eval @ angular.js:12811$get.scope.$digest @ angular.js:12623$get.scope.$apply @ angular.js:12915(anonymous function) @ angular.js:19264jquery.event.dispatch @ jquery.js:4676jquery.event.add.elemdata.handle @ jquery.js:4360 emailer.js:14 error null 0 emailer.js:16 catch object {data: null, status: 0, headers: function, config: object, statustext: ""} 

for measure, , since i'm new learning express, i'll post server side app.js.

server/app.js

var express = require('express'); var path = require('path'); var favicon = require('serve-favicon'); var logger = require('morgan'); var cookieparser = require('cookie-parser'); var bodyparser = require('body-parser'); var compression = require('compression'); var routes = require('./routes/index'); var contact = require('./routes/emailer');  var app = express();  // uncomment after placing favicon in /public //app.use(favicon(__dirname + '/public/favicon.ico')); app.use(logger('dev')); app.use(bodyparser.json()); app.use(bodyparser.urlencoded({ extended: false })); app.use(cookieparser()); app.use(compression()); app.use(require('connect-livereload')({     port: 35729,     ignore: ['.js'] }));  /** development settings */ if (app.get('env') === 'development') {     // change in production since we'll using dist folder     app.use(express.static(path.join(__dirname, '../client')));     // covers serving index page     // app.use(express.static(path.join(__dirname, '../client/.tmp')));     // app.use(express.static(path.join(__dirname, '../client/public')));      // error handling     app.use(function(err, req, res, next) {         res.status(err.status || 500);         res.render('error', {             message: err.message,             error: err         });     }); }  /**  * production settings  */ if (app.get('env') === 'production') {      // changes use optimized version production     app.use(express.static(path.join(__dirname, '/dist')));      // production error handler     // no stacktraces leaked user     app.use(function(err, req, res, next) {         res.status(err.status || 500);         res.render('error', {             message: err.message,             error: {}         });     });  }  module.exports = app;  app.use(function(req, res) {     res.sendfile(__dirname + '/dist/index.html'); }); 

here file structure:

you've got problems in emailer.js route. should have routing logic there, shouldn't recreating express app. express gives router object make easy. example, emailer.js this:

module.exports = express.router()     .post('/emailer', function(req,res) {         console.log(res, req, req.body, res.body);         res.json({hello:'world'});     }); 

and can map route in server/app.js so:

var emailer = require('./routes/emailer');  // ...after app.use statements, *before* error handlers app.use('/server/routes', emailer);