Summary  
This chapter covers using an HTTP POST endpoint to extract data from the request body, instantiate a model, save a new document to the database, and return the saved result.

General domain of usage  
Web API development


To store data in MongoDB, you create a new document using a model.

This is usually done in a POST route.

```javascript id="6b2p3x"
app.post('/users', async (req, res) => {
  const user = new User(req.body);

  const savedUser = await user.save();

  res.json(savedUser);
});
```

The data comes from `req.body`. A new instance of the model is created and then saved to the database.

After saving, the stored document is returned as a response.

Example request body:

```json id="9k1s7v"
{ "name": "John", "age": 25 }
```

This creates a new record in the database.


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Creating Data with POST