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jba065
jba065

Reputation: 351

TypeError: Cannot read property 'name' of undefined express js+jade templating

I am trying to execute an express example program for form submission using the post request . The code for app.js and index.js is as follows.

app.js

var http=require('http');
var express=require('express');
var app=express()

app.set('view engine','jade');
app.set('views','./views');
app.get('/',function(req,res){
	res.render('index');
});

app.post('/signup', function(req, res) {
    var name = req.body.name;
    var email = req.body.email;
    console.log('Name: ' + name);
    console.log('Email: ' + email);
    
	});	
app.get('/search-result',function(req,res){
	var name=req.query.d_name;
	console.log("name is"+name)
	
})
	

http.createServer(app).listen(3000,function(){
	console.log("started");
})

index.jade

html
	head
		title #{title}

	body 
		h1 #{title}
		p Enter the name and email id .

		form(action='/search-result',method='get')
			label Name
			input(type='text',name='d_name')
			input(type='submit',value='Search')

		form(action='/signup',method='post')
			div
				label Name
				input(type='text',name='name')

			div
				label Email
				input(type='text',name='email')
			div
				input(type='submit')

In the above scenario I'm successfully able to retrieve the value in the 'd_name' text field and use console.log on using a get method ( /search-result route) by clicking search button. But when I try to use a post method(/signup route)by clicking the submit button to retrieve the value from the 'name' and 'email' text fields I am getting the following error.


"TypeError: Cannot read property 'name' of undefined"


It would be great if somebody shed some light on this.!!
Thanks in advance..

Upvotes: 1

Views: 6538

Answers (4)

debug
debug

Reputation: 383

Simple use this because this built in middleware function in express

app.use(express.json());

Upvotes: 1

azdeviz
azdeviz

Reputation: 758

app.use(express.bodyParser());

app.use(express.josn());

Upvotes: 0

Israel Rodriguez
Israel Rodriguez

Reputation: 435

How to fix TypeError: Cannot read property 'name' from Express Nodemailer

app.use(express.bodyParser());

That line would let you read the post data form

Upvotes: 3

jba065
jba065

Reputation: 351

I had totally missed out the body-parser part that has to be included for the post request . Although it was deprecated tweaked it somehow to make it work with the help of this link

Upvotes: 0

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