I am trying to get a value of checkbox, "1" in the following html, through req.body. However, in the req.body, username and password values are only included (passwordConfirm is not included as well).
How can I include the values of passwordConfirm and checkbox in req.body?Or is there another way to get the value of checkbox without req.body?
<form action="/register" method="POST">
<label for="username">Username:</label>
<input type="text" id="username" name="username"><br><br>
<label for="password">Password:</label>
<input type="password" id="password" name="password"><br><br>
<label for="passwordConfirm">Confirm Password:</label>
<input type="password" id="passwordConfirm" name="passwordConfirm"><br><br>
<label>?</label>
<input type="checkbox" id="checkbox" name="checkbox" value="1"><br><br>
<button type="submit">Submit</button>
</form>
index.js
const controller = require("controller.js");
app.use(express.json());
app.use(express.urlencoded({ extended: false }));
app.post("/register", controller.newUser);
controller.js
function newUser(req, res){
console.log(req.body.checkbox);//returns undefined
}
module.exports =. {
newUser
}
I tried putting <script> in html to include a function that returns the value of checkbox accessing document object and called the function in a server-side js file, but it did not work (server-side js cannot call the function in client-side js).
I tried the following server-side code, it works.
app.use(express.urlencoded({ extended: false }));
app.post("/register", express.json(),(req, res) => {
console.log(req.body);
});
const express = require('express');
const app = express();
/** Decode Form URL Encoded data */
app.use(express.urlencoded());
/** Show page with a form */
app.get('/', (req, res, next) => {
res.send(`<form method="POST" action="/">
<input type="text" name="username" placeholder="username">
<input type="submit">
</form>`);
});
/** Process POST request */
app.post('/', function (req, res, next) {
res.send(JSON.stringify(req.body));
});
/** Run the app */
app.listen(3000);
<form method="POST" action="/">
<input type="text" name="username" placeholder="username">
<input type="submit">
</form>