From 68b1d5cc517f75e88fba4d386a6f0780a207f6a6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: sirpiglr <49359077-sirpiglr@users.noreply.replit.com>
Date: Wed, 3 Dec 2025 19:01:14 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Add logging for post creation API requests and responses

Adds console logs to the /api/posts endpoint in server/index.ts to capture incoming payloads and successful post creation data, aiding in debugging.

Replit-Commit-Author: Agent
Replit-Commit-Session-Id: 9203795e-937a-4306-b81d-b4d5c78c240e
Replit-Commit-Checkpoint-Type: full_checkpoint
Replit-Commit-Event-Id: f65c3e3d-c2a9-489d-b74e-9278ae76aed3
Replit-Commit-Screenshot-Url: https://storage.googleapis.com/screenshot-production-us-central1/7c94b7a0-29c7-4f2e-94ef-44b2153872b7/9203795e-937a-4306-b81d-b4d5c78c240e/zMxtXds
Replit-Helium-Checkpoint-Created: true
---
 server/index.ts | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/server/index.ts b/server/index.ts
index 74b595d7..6a2c2de2 100644
--- a/server/index.ts
+++ b/server/index.ts
@@ -2451,10 +2451,13 @@ export function createServer() {
     });
 
     app.post("/api/posts", async (req, res) => {
+      console.log("[API] POST /api/posts called");
       const payload = req.body || {};
+      console.log("[API] Payload:", JSON.stringify(payload).slice(0, 200));
 
       // Validation
       if (!payload.author_id) {
+        console.log("[API] Error: author_id is required");
         return res.status(400).json({ error: "author_id is required" });
       }
       if (
@@ -2523,6 +2526,7 @@ export function createServer() {
             .json({ error: error.message || "Failed to create post" });
         }
 
+        console.log("[API] Post created successfully:", data?.id);
         res.json(data);
       } catch (e: any) {
         console.error("[API] /api/posts exception:", e?.message || String(e));