How to do forms in ExpressJs?

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I’m trying to make a form with Node.js/Express and I need help! It’s a simple form that asks the user for their name and message and puts it in a database (Replit’s db).

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expressjs isn’t able to do forms directly (it can’t do anything client-side), although it can handle form submissions

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It can if u are creative about it

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What you probably want to do is receive a post request:

// automatically turn all form/json input to json
express.use(express.json());

// simple post route
app.post("/api", function(req, res) {
	// print the form/json input
	console.log(req.body);
});

I’m not 100% sure about form input being automatically converted to JSON, so you should test this to be sure.

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Can I invite you to the Repl I’m working on so you can understand?

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Sure that’s fine :+1:

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