I want to POST an Object via JSON to node.js server.
The Object structure is nested, and never succeeded to receive and parse correctly on node.js server site.
EDIT2
I found a solution: see the answer section...
EDIT
I found
console.log(body);
itself output
val1=hello&val2%5Bval3%5D=world
//= {"val1":"hello","val2[val3]":"world"}
weired JSON way
client.js
var data ={val1:"hello",val2:{val3:"world"}};
console.log(data); // -> *1
$.ajax({
url:"/",
type:"POST",
dataType: 'json',
data:data,
success:function (res)
{
resHandler(res);
}
});
*1 ChromeDevelopersTool
Object
val1: "hello"
val2: Object
val3: "world"
server.js
var onreq = function (req, res)
{
if(req.method == 'POST')
{
var body = '';
req.on('data', function (data)
{
body += data;
});
req.on('end', function ()
{
var json = qs.parse(body);
console.log(json.val1); //hello
console.log(json.val2); //undefined
console.log(json.val3); //undefined
console.log(JSON.stringify(json));
//{"val1":"hello","val2[val3]":"world"}
});
}
I understand
val2[val3] is val2.val3
However,
Problem 1
JSON.stringify prints out
{"val1":"hello","val2[val3]":"world"}
not
{val1:"hello",val2:{val3:"world"}}
It's ugly, and I don't know why it's like that.
Problem 2
I can never get {val3:"world"}
console.log(json.val3); //undefined
Anyone can explain, and how can I POST a nested JSON to node.js server?
Thanks.
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