Node.js HTTP: request 'end' event is never called - http

I have a client that is sending data chunks to my node.js server.
I want to listen on the "end" event and retrieve the accumulated request body.
Here is my code:
app.post('/users', function(req, res){
req.on('end', function() { // WHY IS THIS NEVER FIRED?
console.log(req.body);
res.send({
"status": "ok"
});
});
});
The problem is that the 'end' event is never fired.
Anyone knows why?
Also, if I do in this way, will the req.body be the accumulated body of all the body chunks?

Basically http POST only fires when you POST to the server. I can't be certain, but I'm assuming you are just attempting to visit server:port/users in your web browser and fail to get a response. By default the web browser is GETing the server. To fix this you have two options.
1. If you change app.post to app.get the event will correctly fire when you visit /users
2. Or you can fire the post function using a form. For example the following code will display a form if you visit the page using GET. When you submit the form it will fire POST.
var express = require('express'),
app = express.createServer();
app.listen(1337, "127.0.0.1");
app.get('/users',function(req,res){
res.send('<form method="post" action="/users"><input type="submit" value="Submit" /></form>');
})
app.post('/users', function(req, res){
req.on('end', function() {
console.log('success');
res.send('success!!!');
});
});

I encountered the same problem, and found this discussion helpful:
My http.createserver in node.js doesn't work?
Simply put, by inserting the line:
request.on("data",function() {})
inside the .createServer loop but after the request.on loop made it work.

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Everything works upto the point of catching the form that is being submited and instead sending it through an ajax call. Thus the form action is triggered and the browser redirected. The ajax call is never made.
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