expressjsHow do I use the expressjs urlencoded middleware?
The expressjs urlencoded middleware is used to parse incoming request bodies which are encoded in URL-encoded format. It is typically used to parse data from HTML forms.
Example code
const express = require('express');
const app = express();
app.use(express.urlencoded({ extended: true }));
The app.use
method is used to register the middleware with express. The extended
option is set to true
to allow for nested objects to be parsed.
The middleware will then parse the request body and make it available as req.body
in the request handler.
Example code
app.post('/', (req, res) => {
console.log(req.body);
});
Output example
{
name: 'John',
age: 30
}
The middleware will also parse the query string and make it available as req.query
in the request handler.
Example code
app.get('/', (req, res) => {
console.log(req.query);
});
Output example
{
name: 'John',
age: 30
}
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