Sometimes, we want to parse form data request with Express.js and JavaScript.
In this article, we’ll look at how to parse form data request with Express.js and JavaScript.
How to parse form data request with Express.js and JavaScript?
To parse form data request with Express.js and JavaScript, we can use the body-parser package.
To install it, we run
npm i body-parser
Then we write
//...
const bodyParser = require("body-parser");
app.use(bodyParser.json());
app.use(bodyParser.urlencoded());
app.use(bodyParser.urlencoded({ extended: true }));
app.post("/post", (request, response) => {
console.log(request.body);
res.send("ok");
});
//...
to add
app.use(bodyParser.urlencoded());
app.use(bodyParser.urlencoded({ extended: true }));
so that we can parse form data request bodies and make them available with request.body in the route handler.
We use request.body in the route handler for the /post route to get the form data request body as an object.
Conclusion
To parse form data request with Express.js and JavaScript, we can use the body-parser package.
