How to submit form data using restify and post?

Question

I want to print an input value using restify and post route, but it's not working. The form.html page opens and upon submitting, I see this in URL:

http://localhost:8081/?name=dsf

But I don't see any message in console. Am I doing something wrong?

Here's my code:

select.js

var restify=require('restify');
var server=restify.createServer();
var mysql=require('mysql');
server.listen(8081, function(){
    console.log("%s is running at %s", server.name, server.url);
});
var pool=mysql.createPool({
    host: 'localhost',
    user: 'root',
    password: '',
    database: 'books'
});
server.get(/\/?.*/, restify.serveStatic({
    directory: __dirname,
    default: 'form.html'
}));
server.post('/hello/', function send(req, res, next){
    pool.getConnection(function(err, connection){
        if(err){
        }else{
            var table=req.body.name;
            console.log(table);
        }
    });
});

form.html

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
    <meta charset="UTF-8">
    <title>Title</title>
</head>
<body>
<form method="POST">
    <input type="text" name="name">
    <input type="submit" value="submit">
</form>
</body>
</html>

Both files are in C:/restify folder.

To start with, add a console.log statement to print out the err if it exists. — HeadCode
– HeadCode, Commented Nov 5, 2016 at 5:22

Sebastian Kaczmarek · Accepted Answer · 2016-11-04 07:44:01Z

1

action attribute is missing in your <form> tag. Try to set it to action="/hello/". Does it solve your problem?

answered Nov 4, 2016 at 7:44

Sebastian Kaczmarek

8,5254 gold badges25 silver badges44 bronze badges

Sign up to request clarification or add additional context in comments.

4 Comments

user3.14 Over a year ago

This was a mistake. I corrected it but still same response.

Sebastian Kaczmarek Over a year ago

Here: var table=req.body.name;. Are you sure that it shouldn't be like: var table=res.body.name;? res instead of req

user3.14 Over a year ago

Yes, pretty sure.

Sebastian Kaczmarek Over a year ago

I don't know how much you know Restify but look here: restify.com I'm pretty sure that in your server.post() function there is some mismatch. Try removing name of your send funciton. Leave it like this: function(req, res, next)

Collectives™ on Stack Overflow

How to submit form data using restify and post?

1 Answer 1

4 Comments

Your Answer

Hot Network Questions

Collectives™ on Stack Overflow

1 Answer 1

4 Comments

Your Answer

Sign up or log in

Post as a guest

Related