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How do I query form data using koa?

I am trying to replicate the behavior of a login form via koa.

Login form:

<form id="loginForm" method="post" action="http://myaddress:3000/auth" enctype="multipart/form-data">

I am using koa request and form-data modules:

var form = new FormData();
form.append('identification', 'userId');
form.append('password', 'userPassword');

var options = {
    url:            DB_SERVER_URL + 'auth',
    method:         'POST',
    formData:       form
};

var response = yield request(options);
console.log('response.statusCode: ' + response.statusCode);

But I always get a 400 response.

I've tried using only form.submit(DB_SERVER_URL + 'auth', function(err, res) { ... }

that works, but I love the koa yield functionality, and ideally I want to avoid having to handle callbacks.

Any ideas?

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Koa accepts multiple output inputs, which can be derived from your current code more or less easily depending on your current setup:



  • Promise. Since the form data doesn't use it, we'll create one with Q

    var Q = require('q');

var promise = Q.ninvoke(form, "submit", DB_SERVER_URL + 'auth');
var response = yield promise;
console.log('response.statusCode: ' + response.statusCode);

  • or thunk is a wrapper function, as you used in your answer, but there are libraries that can handle you for wrapping ( thunkify-wrap here ):

    var thunkify = require('thunkify-wrap');

var submit = thunkify(form.submit, form); // the context is needed in this case
var response = yield submit(DB_SERVER_URL + 'auth');
console.log('response.statusCode: ' + response.statusCode);
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I ended up using it form.submit(DB_SERVER_URL + 'auth', function(err, res) { ... }

, but wrapped the callbacks to use yield

to keep control flow synchronized.

Here's my wrapper for the callback form.submit

to get the response:

function makeLoginRequest(formData) {

    var form = new FormData();
    form.append('identification', formData.identification);
    form.append('password', formData.password);
    var DB_SERVER_URL = 'http://myurl:3000/';

    return function(callback) {
        form.submit(DB_SERVER_URL + 'auth', function(error, response) {
            callback(error, response);
        });
    }
}

And here is my cover for the callback to get the response body:



function getLoginResponseData(response) {

    return function(callback) {
        response.on("data", function(chunk) {
            callback(null, chunk);
        }); 
    }
}

This allows me to use yield

to maintain a synchronous flow of control:

var response = yield makeLoginRequest(this.request.body);
console.log('response.statusCode: ' + response.statusCode);

var chunk = yield getLoginResponseData(response);
console.log("BODY: " + chunk);

I'm a node and koa newbie, so if you have a better way, let me know!

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If you are using koa request I was able to do it.

const request = require('koa-request');

const response = yield request({
 method: 'POST',
    url: 'https://whatsever.com',
    form: {
     itema: 'vala',
     itemb: 'valb',
    },
    headers: {
      'Content-type': 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded'
    }
  });

this.body = response.body;

If you want a multipart view here: https://www.npmjs.com/package/request#multipartform-data-multipart-form-uploads .

Remember what koa-request

wraps the modulerequest

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