Cannot read form input value | nodejs | express | express-handlebars

Question

I tried to receive the input value from the user through form request using express handlebars. I get the following error.

TypeError: Cannot read property 'personname' of undefined

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Please Help me to resolve the issue

Answer 1

Express won't parse req.body for you by default. You need middleware, preferably body-parser

const app = require('express')()
const bodyparser = require('body-parser')

app.use(bodyparser.json());
app.use(bodyparser.urlencoded({extended: true}));