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Parsing Post Form Data Node.js Express

I am getting form data in this form 

'------WebKitFormBoundarysw7YYuBGKjAewMhe\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name': '"a"\r\n\r\nb\r\n------WebKitFormBoundarysw7YYuBGKjAewMhe--\r\n

I'm trying to find a middleware that will allow me to access the form data like:

req.body.a // -> 'b'

I've tried

var express = require('express');
var app = express();


var bodyParser = require('body-parser');

// parse application/x-www-form-urlencoded 
app.use(bodyParser.urlencoded({ extended: false }))

Is there a problem with my implementation or am I not using the correct middleware?

Solution

  • The tool that worked was multiparty

    app.post('/endpoint', function (req, res) {
    var form = new multiparty.Form();
    form.parse(req, function(err, fields, files) {
        // fields fields fields
    });
})