Parsing Post Form Data Node.js Express
The tool that worked was multiparty
app.post('/endpoint', function (req, res) { var form = new multiparty.Form(); form.parse(req, function(err, fields, files) { // fields fields fields });})
The library which worked for me was express-formidable. Clean, fast and supports multipart requests too.Here is code from their docs
Install with:
npm install -S express-formidableHere is sample usage:
const express = require('express');const formidable = require('express-formidable');var app = express();app.use(formidable());app.post('/upload', (req, res) => { req.fields; // contains non-file fields req.files; // contains files });
The above two answers are correct but now those methods are outdated. multer is a better method to access form data. Install it by the following command: npm install multer
some useful body parsers.
Body-type: parser
form-data: multer
x-www-form-urlencoded: express.urlencoded()
raw: express.raw()
json: express.json()
text: express.text()