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node.jsbody-parserexpress-4
Amit patel
Amit patel

Reputation: 207

How can we use 'extended' true or false both in one project

I am working on nodejs with express and in my project I require the filter as well as nested object.

If I set this middleware for bodyparser

app.use(bodyParser.urlencoded({extended: false}));
app.use(bodyParser.json('application/json'));

then filter is working properly but nested object gives undefined value

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look at that in picture I search amit and i get only one record which name is amit

if I set this middleware for bodyparser

app.use(bodyParser.urlencoded({extended: true}));
app.use(bodyParser.json('application/json'));

then nested object works properly but filter gives undefined value

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I search amit and I get all records.

how can I get both of value properly?

Please help

Upvotes: 0

Views: 193

Answers (1)

Nikhil Unni
Nikhil Unni

Reputation: 779

When you make extended false you can't pass nested objects. The middleware is used for extracting body contents from the incoming requests. So you can do one thing, use the following code

app.use(bodyParser.urlencoded({extended: true}));
app.use(bodyParser.json('application/json'));

and extract object using dot(.) operator instead of req.body['....[...]']

for example,

req.body.search.value

works fine, but 

req.body['search[value]']

may be undefined

Upvotes: 1

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