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.
