Get dropdown value using Express in node.js from html page

Question

I am developing a quick node.js app using express and I am a newbie to NODE. For pages I am just using plain html.

Basically I have a form as follows:

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Answer 1

You can use req.query.selectpicker for getting data from the 'select' element as a URL query Parameter. This worked for me!

Keep the method GET and action as the route name in which you want to access the dropdown data.