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javascripthtmlajaxvote
kielspiel
kielspiel

Reputation: 55

Ajax sending to server body is undefined

I'm Making a simple voting system using ajax.

here's the code...

// Receving The Votes
app.post('/submitvote', (req, res) => {
    // req.body, body is undefined
    // should be: { choice: 2 }, 2 is just an example
    console.log(req.body);
});

This code saves vote from the judge's into a variable just for testing. But The body(where the choice is) is undefined

let's look at the client side...

var picked = 0

function voteto(plr) {
    +plr;
    picked = plr;
    console.log(`Picked Player #${plr}`)
    if (plr == 1) {
        document.getElementById('plr1').style.backgroundColor = 'blue';
    } else {
        document.getElementById('plr1').style.backgroundColor = 'darkblue';
    }

    if (plr == 2) {
        document.getElementById('plr2').style.backgroundColor = 'blue';
    } else {
        document.getElementById('plr2').style.backgroundColor = 'darkblue';
    }

    if (plr == 3) {
        document.getElementById('plr3').style.backgroundColor = 'blue';
    } else {
        document.getElementById('plr3').style.backgroundColor = 'darkblue';
    }
}

$(document).ready(function(){
    $("#submit").click(function(){
        console.log("Sending Data");
        $.post("/submitvote", {
            choice: picked,
        });
    });
});

The voteto function is a selector for the vote.

I just send the picked variable in the choice parameter(I don't know what would you call that). I didn't make a callback since it's just saving it.

But The Thing Is The Body is undefined. Why?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 37

Answers (1)

kielspiel
kielspiel

Reputation: 55

Add app.use(express.urlencoded()) in the app.js(entry). This Works For Me!

Upvotes: 0

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