Accessing raw POST data in Express

Question

I\'m trying to write a stupidly simple Hello World program in Express that outputs some basic data about the current HTTP request.

For POST requests, I\'d like to se

Answer 1

1. If you required parsing of url-encoded (non-multipart) form data, as well as JSON, try adding:

   var bodyParser = require('body-parser');
   
   
   // Put these statements before you define any routes.
   app.use(bodyParser.urlencoded({ extended: true}));
   app.use(bodyParser.json());
   

2. To handle multi-part form data, the bodyParser.urlencoded() body parser will not work. you can refer this for alternatives of extracting data from form-data