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Using url parameters in POST request

I am having some trouble using url parameters and POST data together in a single request.

POST

I have a form:

<form method="POST" action="" class="form-inline" _lpchecked="1">
<label for="facetname">Add ethnicity</label>
<input id="facetname" type="text" placeholder="ethnicity name" class="form-control"><button type="submit" class="btn btn-primary">Submit</button>
</form>


This is then posted to my facet route as follows:

facet

router.post('/:facettype', FacetController.facet_create_post);


The FacetController then tries to access both the facettype and facetname elements of the req.params object but it includes only facettype:

facettype

facetname

req.params

facettype

exports.facet_create_post = (req,res,next) =>

let facet_type = req.params.facettype;
let name = req.params.facetname;

;


I've also tried req.body which is blank.

req.body

Have I missed something or does using a URL parameter remove the ability to use POST requests?

With a form that POSTs, the form data should be in req.body itself, ie req.body is the string 'facetname=namehere'
– Li357
38 mins ago

'facetname=namehere'

@Li357 req.body is an empty object for me, although req._body is true.
– bendataclear
36 mins ago

req.body

req._body

1 Answer
1

I found the issue, it was mainly stupidity as I suspected.

I forgot the name parameter in the form input:

name

<input id="facetname" type="text" placeholder="ethnicity name" class="form-control">


Should have been:

<input id="facetname" name="facetname" type="text" placeholder="ethnicity name" class="form-control">


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