Browser HTML Form
<form action="/justdata?id=x" method="post" enctype="application/x-www-form-urlencoded">
<b>application/x-www-form-urlencoded</b><br>
<span>jobid</span>
<input type="number" name="jobid" value="0"><br>
<span>jobname</span>
<input type="text" name="jobname" value=""><br>
<input type="submit"><br>
</form>
Server Express Router
import express from "express";
import bodyParser from "body-parser";
const router = express.Router();
router.post("/justdata",
log,
bodyParser.urlencoded({ extended: true }),
printBody
);
function log(req, res, next) {
console.log(req.method + ` ` + req.originalUrl);
next();
}
function printBody(req, res, next){
console.log(req.body);
console.log(req.query);
next();
}
export default router;
Terminal Output
POST /justdata
{ jobid: '0', jobname: 'asdf' }
{ id: 'x' }
Request Headers
Accept: text/html,application/xhtml+xml,application/xml;q=0.9,image/avif,image/webp,image/apng,*/*;q=0.8,application/signed-exchange;v=b3;q=0.9
Accept-Encoding: gzip, deflate, br
Accept-Language: en-CA,en-GB;q=0.9,en-US;q=0.8,en;q=0.7
Cache-Control: no-cache
Connection: keep-alive
Content-Length: 20
Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
Request Body