I want to make a post request with this HTML code:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<form action="/post-test" method="post">
<input type="text" id="name" />
<input type="submit" value="submit">
</form>
And then write on the backend console the request.
So here is my backend code:
const path = require('path');
var express = require('express');
var app = express();
var bodyParser = require('body-parser');
app.use(express.static(path.join(__dirname, 'views')));
app.use(bodyParser.json());
app.get('/', function(req, res) {
res.sendFile(path.join(__dirname, "/views/html/test.html"));
});
app.post('/post-test', async function(req, res) {
const data = req.body;
console.log(data.name);
});
When I type something in the input and press submit, the console say undefined.
Where is the problem and have you the solution ?
>Solution :
in the form add the name parameter and put a value, that is insert in the body of the request
<form action="post-test" method="post">
<input type="text" id="name" name="name"/>
<input type="submit" value="submit">
</form>
in the backend you access with
req.body.name