body parser express form data code example

Example 1: body parser express

//make sure it is in this order
npm i body-parser

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

const app = express()

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

// parse application/json
app.use(bodyParser.json())

app.use(function (req, res) {
  res.setHeader('Content-Type', 'text/plain')
  res.write('you posted:\n')
  res.end(JSON.stringify(req.body, null, 2))
})

Example 2: body parser express

app.use(express.json()); //Used to parse JSON bodies

Example 3: nodejs bodyparser form data

var bodyParser = require('body-parser');
var multer = require('multer');
var forms = multer();

// apply them

app.use(bodyParser.json());
app.use(forms.array()); 
app.use(bodyParser.urlencoded({ extended: true }));

// how to use

router.post('/', function(req, res) {
    console.log(req.body);
    console.log('received the widget request');
});