When i try to request form information to set var there is a TypeError
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This is my app.js code (not full)
var express = require('express');
var path = require('path');
var cookieParser = require('cookie-parser');
var exphbs = require('express-handlebars');
var expressValidator = require('express-validator');
var bodyParser = require('body-parser');
var flash = require('connect-flash');
var session = require('express-session');
var passport = require('passport');
var LocalStrategy = require('passport-local'),Strategy;
var mongo = require('mongodb');
var mongoose = require('mongoose');
mongoose.connect('mongodb://localhost/loginapp', { useNewUrlParser: true });
var db = mongoose.connection;
var routes = require('./routes/index');
var users = require('./routes/users');
// APP INIT
var app = express();
// VIEW ENGINE
app.set('views', path.join(__dirname,'views'));
app.engine('handlebars', exphbs({ defaultLayout:'layout' }));
app.set('view engine','handlebars');
// BODYPARSER
app.use(bodyParser.json());
app.use(bodyParser.urlencoded({ extended:false }));
app.use(cookieParser());
app.use('/', routes);
app.use('/users', users);
users.js file
var express = require('express');
var router = express.Router();
// REGISTER
router.get('/register', (req, res) => {
res.render('register');
});
// LOGIN
router.get('/login', (req, res) => {
res.render('login');
});
// REGISTER
router.post('/register', (req, res) => {
var name = req.body.name;
console.log(name);
});
module.exports = router;
Register file (.handlebars html)
<h2 class="page-header">Register</h2>
<form method="post" action="/users/register">
<div class="form-group">
<label>Name</label>
<input type="text" class="form-control" placeholder="Name" name="name">
</div>
<div class="form-group">
<label>Username</label>
<input type="text" class="form-control" placeholder="Username" name="username">
</div>
<div class="form-group">
<label>Email</label>
<input type="email" class="form-control" placeholder="Email" name="email">
</div>
<div class="form-group">
<label>Password</label>
<input type="password" class="form-control" placeholder="Password" name="password">
</div>
<div class="form-group">
<label>Confirm Password</label>
<input type="password" class="form-control" placeholder="Password" name="password2">
</div>
<button type="submit" class="btn btn-default">Submit</button>
</form>
And when i try to submit the error happen.
TypeError: Cannot read property 'name' of undefined at router.post (C:\Users\Corentin\Documents\loginapp\routes\users.js:16:25) at Layer.handle [as handle_request] (C:\Users\Corentin\Documents\loginapp\node_modules\express\lib\router\layer.js:95:5) at next (C:\Users\Corentin\Documents\loginapp\node_modules\express\lib\router\route.js:137:13) at Route.dispatch (C:\Users\Corentin\Documents\loginapp\node_modules\express\lib\router\route.js:112:3) at Layer.handle [as handle_request] (C:\Users\Corentin\Documents\loginapp\node_modules\express\lib\router\layer.js:95:5) at C:\Users\Corentin\Documents\loginapp\node_modules\express\lib\router\index.js:281:22 at Function.process_params (C:\Users\Corentin\Documents\loginapp\node_modules\express\lib\router\index.js:335:12) at next (C:\Users\Corentin\Documents\loginapp\node_modules\express\lib\router\index.js:275:10) at Function.handle (C:\Users\Corentin\Documents\loginapp\node_modules\express\lib\router\index.js:174:3) at router (C:\Users\Corentin\Documents\loginapp\node_modules\express\lib\router\index.js:47:12) at Layer.handle [as handle_request] (C:\Users\Corentin\Documents\loginapp\node_modules\express\lib\router\layer.js:95:5) at trim_prefix (C:\Users\Corentin\Documents\loginapp\node_modules\express\lib\router\index.js:317:13) at C:\Users\Corentin\Documents\loginapp\node_modules\express\lib\router\index.js:284:7 at Function.process_params (C:\Users\Corentin\Documents\loginapp\node_modules\express\lib\router\index.js:335:12) at next (C:\Users\Corentin\Documents\loginapp\node_modules\express\lib\router\index.js:275:10) at C:\Users\Corentin\Documents\loginapp\node_modules\express\lib\router\index.js:635:15
Thanks a lot for peoples helping me, i spent to much hours with this problem