Mongoose and Form submission with sub-group

Question

so, i have a Mongoose Schema, something like:

Person: {
   name: String,
   address: {
      street: String,
      number: String,
      city: String
   }
}

Is there a way, to code our form so that i can map directly from req.body to the Person instance? considering the sub-division in address. I tried:

<form>
   <input name="name">
   <input name="address.street">
   <input name="address.number">
   <input name="address.city">
</form>

and it doesn't work...

Answer 1

Try this:

<form>
    <input name="name">
    <input name="address[street]">
    <input name="address[number]">
    <input name="address[city]">
</form>

See this post on application/x-www-form-urlencoded encoding.