I want to make a post request in nodejs without browser since it is backend code.
const formdata = new FormData() formdata.append('chartfile', file); But above code gives me error as FormData not defined. I am working with ES6.
Anybody, who can let me know how to use the FormData in nodejs?
5 Answers
You can use form-data - npm module. because formData() isn't NodeJS API
Use it this way,
var FormData = require('form-data'); var fs = require('fs'); var form = new FormData(); form.append('my_field', 'my value'); form.append('my_buffer', new Buffer(10)); form.append('my_file', fs.createReadStream('/foo/bar.jpg')); No need for an npm module, URLSearchParams does the same exact thing!
Original Example
var fs = require('fs'); var form = new URLSearchParams(); form.append('my_field', 'my value'); form.append('my_buffer', new Buffer(10)); form.append('my_file', fs.createReadStream('/foo/bar.jpg')); Axios Example
const formData = new URLSearchParams(); formData.append('field1', 'value1'); formData.append('field2', 'value2'); const response = await axios.request({ url: ' method: 'POST', headers: {'Content-Type': 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded'}, data: formData }); FormData is a part of JS web API (not included in native NodeJS). You can install the form-data package instead.
In my opinion the cleanest solution that requires no additional dependencies is:
const formData = new URLSearchParams({ param1: 'this', param2: 'is', param3: 'neat', }) I would suggest the npm module formdata-node because it's a complete (spec-compliant) FormData implementation for Node.js. It supports both ESM/CJS targets, so EM6 is supported. You can find a few examples at the npm module page.
