Get an html attribute in node.js

Question

Say I have a button like

<form action="/action1" method ="post">
<button type="submit" id="button1"> Click Me </button>
</form>

I want to get a value stored in the attributes (in this case "id") and do something like this

app.post('/action1', function (req, res) {
var buttonId = req.id // this is the part I dont understand
});

how would I fill in the line

var buttonId =

Thank you

score 0 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:58

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The posted data does not include the id attribute. You can set the name and/or the value attribute and those will be part of the POST request. e.g.

<button type="submit" name="button1">Click Me</button>

To get to the posted data in express look here: Express js form data

edited May 23 '17 at 11:58

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answered Jul 21 '16 at 19:44

Vincent Schöttke

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if I print out my req.body.name it is undefined – user2770808 Jul 21 '16 at 19:57
The *content* of name (button1) is the key in the body. Please log the req.body to check. – Vincent Schöttke Jul 21 '16 at 20:09

Get an html attribute in node.js

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