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sending data from Quilljs to Node.js

How do I send data from Quilljs(frontend) to node.js(backend). I try to find all example, but there's nothing that related to backend. I've read information from Quilljs's doc but I still don't really get it, or could you guys explain me the concept.

Below code is what I really think about, but I don't know how to got data from frontend.

Fontend

<form action="p_comment" method="post">
  <div id="editor">
  </div>
  <button type="submit">Post</button>
</form>

Backend

router.post('/p_comment', function(req, res, next) {

});
Solution

  • Quill uses a JSON format called Delta to represent its content. You case call getContents to get the current Delta. There is an example in the docs how to use it to send the Delta to the server.

    You can also get the raw HTML manually by calling quill.root.innerHTML or querySelector('ql-editor').innerHTML. You can't trust the HTML from the client and you'll need to sanitize it.