expressjsHow do I use Express.js to handle x-www-form-urlencoded data?

Express.js is a web application framework for Node.js. It can be used to handle x-www-form-urlencoded data. To do this, you need to install the body-parser middleware. This middleware is used to parse incoming request bodies. Here is an example of how to use body-parser to handle x-www-form-urlencoded data:

const express = require('express');
const bodyParser = require('body-parser');

const app = express();

// parse application/x-www-form-urlencoded
app.use(bodyParser.urlencoded({ extended: false }));

app.post('/form', (req, res) => {
  console.log(req.body);
  res.send('Form Received');
});

This example creates an Express server that listens for POST requests to the /form endpoint. The body-parser middleware is used to parse the x-www-form-urlencoded data in the request body. The parsed data is then available in the req.body object.

Code explanation

1. const express = require('express'); - This imports the Express module.
2. const bodyParser = require('body-parser'); - This imports the body-parser middleware.
3. const app = express(); - This creates an Express application.
4. app.use(bodyParser.urlencoded({ extended: false })); - This configures the body-parser middleware to parse x-www-form-urlencoded data.
5. app.post('/form', (req, res) => { - This defines a route handler for POST requests to the /form endpoint.
6. console.log(req.body); - This logs the parsed x-www-form-urlencoded data from the request body.
7. res.send('Form Received'); - This sends a response to the client.

Helpful links

• Express.js
• body-parser

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