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Hamzah Iqbal
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Student 11,145 PointsOutdated body-parser? Returns #{name}
When using the mentioned bodyParser i am returned with a message saying: "body-parser deprecated undefined extended: provide extended option"
I googled a bit and found on reddit to use something else.
app.use(express.urlencoded({ extended: true })) post may
However it still returns the message Hello #{name}, without the value, but just the template literal.
app.js
const express = require('express');
const app = express();
app.set('view engine', 'pug');
app.get('/', (req, res) => {
res.render('index')
res.send("<h1> yayyy connection! </h1>");
});
app.get('/hello', (req, res) => {
res.render('hello');
});
app.post('/hello', (req, res) => {
res.render('hello', { name: req.body.username });
});
app.listen(3000, () => {
console.log("The app is on the following local host: 3000 :)");
});
hello.pug
extends layout
block content
if name
h2 Hello {#name}
else
form(action='/hello', method='post')
label What is your name?
input(type='text', name ='username')
button(type=submit) Submit
1 Answer
James Crosslin
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Graduate 16,882 PointsThis is an old one, but the issue is in your hello.pug
h2 Hello {#name}
should be
h2 Hello #{name}
Everyone should definitely be using the following instead of body-parser.
app.use(express.urlencoded({ extended: true }))
Check out the express documentation for more info. https://expressjs.com/en/api.html#req.body
Mark Westerweel
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Graduate 22,378 PointsMark Westerweel
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Graduate 22,378 PointsYou are probably on a newer version of Express (4.16.0 and up). You don't need body-parser anymore as suggested by this user.
You can check the version of Express (and others) by
npm listin the terminal