How do you extract form data (form[method="post"]
) and file uploads sent from the HTTP POST
method in Node.js?
I've read the documentation, googled and found nothing.
function (request, response) {
//request.post????
}
Is there a library or a hack?
If it involves a file upload, the browser usually send it as a
"multipart/form-data"
content-type. You can use this in such casesReference 1
Reference 2
If you don't want to chunk your data together with the
data
callback you can always use thereadable
callback like this:This approach modifies the incoming request, but as soon as you finish your response the request will be garbage collected, so that should not be a problem.
An advanced approach would be to check the body size first, if you're afraid of huge bodies.
You can use the express middleware, which now has body-parser built into it. This means all you need to do is the following:
That code example is ES6 with Express 4.16.x
I found a video which explains on how to achieve this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nuw48-u3Yrg
It uses default "http" module together with "querystring" and "stringbuilder" modules. The application takes two numbers (using two textboxes) from a web page and upon submit, returns sum of those two (along with persisting the values in the textboxes). This is the best example I could find anywhere else.
Related source code:
You need to receive the
POST
data in chunks usingrequest.on('data', function(chunk) {...})
You should consider adding a size limit at the indicated position as thejh suggested.
you can extract post parameter without using express.
1:
nmp install multiparty
2: import multiparty . as
var multiparty = require('multiparty');
3: `
4: and HTML FORM IS .
I hope this will work for you. Thanks.