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JavaScript Express Basics Deeper into Routing with Express The Request Object

Posted by vamosrope14
vamosrope14
14,932 Points

Isn't the data that was sent from the form not in the body of the request as well?

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1 Answer

Zimri Leijen
Zimri Leijen
11,835 Points

The data is available, but as a stream of chunks of data, so you get little pieces you'd need to assemble, which is what body-parser does for you.