Spring Boot + Angular 5 - http.post null values

Issue

I'm working on a project client/server and I'm using spring boot and angular.

So I have a form and i want to take data from the input fields and send it to the back-end, my database ( mySQL ) but the problem is it only adds null fields in my database. I used a tutorial from devglen as inspiration and some tutorials from angular.io

Form input example:

<div class="form-group">
      <label for="body">Body:</label>
      <input type="text"  class="form-control" id="body"
             [ngModel]="article?.body" (ngModelChange)="article.body = $event" name="body">
    </div> 

Model class for the article i want to add:

export class Article {
  id: string;
  title: string;
  abstract_art: string;
  writer: string;
  body: string;
}

My component for adding:

@Component({
  selector: 'app-add',
  templateUrl: './add-article.component.html'
})



export class AddArticleComponent  {



   article: Article = new Article();
   writers: Writer[];

  constructor(private router: Router, private articleService: ArticleService) {

  }
  createArticle(): void {
    console.log(this.article);
    this.articleService.createArticle( this.article).subscribe( data => { alert('Article created successfully.');
    });
    console.log('function called!');
  }

  get diagnostic() { return JSON.stringify(this.article); }
}  

The service class:

const httpOptions = {
  headers: new HttpHeaders({ 'Content-Type': 'application/json',
    'Authorization': 'my-auth-token'})
};

@Injectable()
export class ArticleService {

  constructor(private http: HttpClient) {}

   // private userUrl = 'http://localhost:8080/articles';
  private articleUrl = '/api';

  public getArticles() {
    return this.http.get<Article[]>(this.articleUrl);
  }

  public deleteArticle(article) {
    return this.http.delete(this.articleUrl + '/' + article.id, httpOptions);
  }

  public createArticle(article) {
    // const art = JSON.stringify(article);
    console.log(article);
    return this.http.post<Article>(this.articleUrl, article);
  }

}

And now for the back-end. Article Class

@Entity
@Getter @Setter
@NoArgsConstructor
@ToString @EqualsAndHashCode
@Table(name="article")
public class Article {

    @Id
    @GeneratedValue(strategy = GenerationType.AUTO)
    private int id;

    @Column(name="title")
    private String title;

    @Column(name="abstract_art")
    private String abstract_art;

    @Column(name="writer")
    private String writer;

    @Column(name="body")
    private String body;

    public Article(String title,String abstract_art, String writer, String body) {
        this.title = title;
        this.body = body;
        this.abstract_art = abstract_art;
        this.writer = writer;

    }
}

The repository :

@RepositoryRestResource
//@CrossOrigin(origins = "http://localhost:4200")
public interface ArticleRepository extends JpaRepository<Article,Integer> {
}

The article service:

@Service
public class ArticleServiceImpl implements ArticleService {

    @Autowired
    private ArticleRepository repository;

    @Override
    public Article create(Article article) {
        return repository.save(article);
    }

    @Override
    public Article delete(int id) {
        Article article = findById(id);
        if(article != null){
            repository.delete(article);
        }
        return article;
    }

    @Override
    public List<Article> findAll() {
        return repository.findAll();
    }

    @Override
    public Article findById(int id) {

        return repository.getOne(id);
    }

    @Override
    public Article update(Article art) {
        return null;
    }
}

And the controller:

@RestController
@RequestMapping({"/api"})
public class ArticleController {

   @Autowired
   private ArticleService article;

    //Get all articles
    @GetMapping
    public List<Article> listAll(){
        return article.findAll();
    }

    // Create a new Article
    //@PostMapping
    @PostMapping
    public Article createArticle(Article art) {
        return article.create(art);
    }

    // Get a Single Article
    @GetMapping(value="/{id}")
    public Article getArticleById(@PathVariable("id") int id ){
        return article.findById(id);
    }

    // Delete a Note           /art/

    @DeleteMapping(value = "/{id}")
    public void deleteArticle(@PathVariable("id") int id) {
        article.delete(id);
    }

    @PutMapping
    public Article update(Article user){
        return article.update(user);
    }
}

In the picture you can see that it creates my json object but when i'm adding it to the database it only adds null values.

Additional information: I can get data from database and I can delete data from database.

Btw it's my first post so i'm sorry if i've missed some guidelines for posting. Thank you in advance for your answers. Have a good one!

Solution

@RestController is a convenience annotation that does nothing more than adding the @Controller and @ResponseBody annotations as well as allows the class to accept the requests that are sent to its path

@DOCS
@ResponseBody annotation tells a controller that the object returned is automatically serialized into JSON and passed back into the HttpResponse object.

@RequestBody annotation maps the HttpRequest body to a transfer or domain object, enabling automatic deserialization of the inbound HttpRequest body onto a Java object.

You missed @RequestBody
@RequestBody marks that the Article input is retrieved from the body/content of the POST request. This is a notable difference between GET and POST as the GET request does not contain a body.

Modified code

 @PostMapping
    public Article createArticle(@RequestBody Article art) {
        return article.create(art);
    }

Answered By - Vikas