Getting completed forms server side

Coding Help
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Hey, how would i be able to get the results from a basic html to the server, so i could save it in mongoose for example or send it with a webhook.

Misly

edit: im using express

2

From what i know you don’t need a parser middleware anymore as its included in express now.

Nice examples here (scroll down for the normal form format instead of json)

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app.use(express.urlencoded())
app.post('/formpage', (req, res) => {
console.log(req.body)
})

Not tested- should work
@anon43649539

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4

Don’t know why the examples you linked are so confusing for such a simple task :joy:

5

and what should the action on the form be as i cant get it working?

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<form action="/formpage" method="post">
<input type="text" name="name" placeholder="Name"></input>
</form>
7

Any errors? If so, send them here :slight_smile:

8

seems to work but how would i redirect the user back after they complete the form?

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app.use(express.urlencoded())
app.post('/formpage', (req, res) => {
console.log(req.body);
res.redirect("/formpage");
})
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10

Thank you (:

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