How to handle FormData from express 4
I tried sending some form data to my node server but req.body
has none of my form fields the node side
var express = require('express')
var app = express()
var path = require('path')
var bodyParser = require('body-parser')
app.use(bodyParser.urlencoded({
extended: true
}));
app.get('/', function (req, res) {
res.sendFile('index.html')
})
app.post('/sendmail', function (req, res) {
const formData = req.body.formData
this is what I'm sending from the browser
fetch('/send', {
method: 'POST',
body: new FormData(form)
})
in dev tools I only see the data passed in the Referer, maybe that is my issue
Referer:http://localhost:3000/?name=&budget=%C2%A31000
body-parser
doesn't handle multipart bodies, which is what FormData
is submitted as.
Instead, use a module like multer
.
For example, to retrieve the (regular) fields of a request:
const multer = require('multer');
const upload = multer();
app.post('/send', upload.none(), (req, res) => {
const formData = req.body;
console.log('form data', formData);
res.sendStatus(200);
});