CODEWITHSUNDEEP
node.jsformspostexpress
user3554072
user3554072

Reputation: 387

req.body returns empty object when posting using form data in nodejs express

I'm doing a post request to '/' with a simple text input and expecting to see the data entered in req.body.course. When console logging req.body.course, I am getting an empty object back.

HTML

<html>
    <head><title>New Course</title></head>
    <body>
      <form id="myform" action="/" method="post">
        <input type="text" name="course" id="mytext" />
        <input type="submit" id="mysubmit" />
      </form>
    </body>
</html>

SERVER

var express = require('express');
var bodyParser = require('body-parser');

var app = express()
app.use(bodyParser.json())

app.set('views', __dirname + '/views');
app.engine('html', require('ejs').renderFile);
app.set('view engine', 'html');

app.post('/', function (req, res) {
    var course = req.body.course; 
    res.send(course);
});

app.get('/', function (req, res) {
    res.render('index');
});

app.listen(4000, function() {
    console.log("Server is listening on port", 4000);
});

OUTPUT OF REQ.BODY

{}

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1706

Answers (3)

wiksikoh
wiksikoh

Reputation: 73

Try to add the urlencoded middleware.

app.use(bodyParser.urlencoded())

or 

app.use(bodyParser.urlencoded({
   extended: true
}))

This parses URL encoded bodies since your request format is urlencoded.

You can refer to bodyparser urlencoded documentation.

Upvotes: 0

Yatender Singh
Yatender Singh

Reputation: 3322

you have to tell in headers what is the MIME type of your request just add in request.

 Content-Type='application/json'

Upvotes: 1

Darth
Darth

Reputation: 1651

Try 

app.use(bodyParser.urlencoded())

Upvotes: 2

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