NPM Body-Parser
$ npm install body-parser
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$ npm install body-parservar express = require('express')
var bodyParser = require('body-parser')
var app = express()
// parseapplication/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))})<script>
const bodyParser = require("body-parser");
app.use(bodyParser.urlencoded({extended:true}));
app.post("/", function(req, res){
let firstName = req.body.fNAME;
});
</script>
<input type="text" name="fNAME" placeholder="First Name">app.use(express.json()); //Used to parse JSON bodiesconst 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))
})
/** @format */
const express = require("express");
const app = express();
const mongoose = require("mongoose");
const bodyParser = require("body-parser");
const PORT = process.env.PORT || 3000;
// parse application/x-www-form-urlencoded
app.use(bodyParser.urlencoded({ extended: false }));
// parse application/json
app.use(bodyParser.json());
//connecting to db
try {
mongoose.connect('mongodb://localhost/YOUR_DB_NAME', {
useNewUrlParser: true,
useUnifiedTopology: true,
useCreateIndex: true,
}, () =>
console.log("connected"));
} catch (error) {
console.log("could not connect");
}
app.get("/", (req, res) => {
res.send("home");
});
app.listen(PORT, () => console.log(`Server is listening on port ${PORT}`));