How to post form data using multipart/form-data in nodejs?

Asked Mar 10 '17 at 20:42

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I can't get req.body when enctype is multipart/form-data, but I get req.body when enctype is application/x-www-form-urlencoded. main configuration of my server is

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

I want to get req.body when enctype of form is multipart/form-data. How to do it?

edited Mar 10 '17 at 20:47

Parwat Kunwar

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when enctype is set to `multipart/form-data` you have to use `req.files` – Parwat Kunwar Mar 10 '17 at 20:48
without uploading anyfiles, I am going to post string data only – Nomura Nori Mar 10 '17 at 20:50
means in the same route, you need to get `req.body` and `req.files` – Parwat Kunwar Mar 10 '17 at 20:53
I want to post common data without file using multipart/form-data. is it possible? then how to do it? – Nomura Nori Mar 10 '17 at 20:57
use multipart/form-data when your form includes any elements. – hya Mar 10 '17 at 21:03
yes if you are posting common data then your enctype should be `application/x-www-form-urlencoded` – Parwat Kunwar Mar 10 '17 at 21:05
`multipart/form-data` is used for uploads(binary data- contents of files) only – Parwat Kunwar Mar 10 '17 at 21:08
Btw, I have seen in some sample projects using multipart/form-data for common post (without file input) and there are working well. – Nomura Nori Mar 10 '17 at 21:08
You probably want to use multer (https://github.com/expressjs/multer) to handle multipart/form-data , there is a reference http://stackoverflow.com/questions/37630419/how-to-handle-formdata-from-express-4 – cshion Mar 10 '17 at 22:30

How to post form data using multipart/form-data in nodejs?

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