How to use the append function from form-data

form-data.append is a method used to add a new field with a value to a FormData object in JavaScript.

How does form-data.append work?

form-data.append is a method used to add a new field with a value to a FormData object in JavaScript. In web development, FormData is an API that allows developers to create and send HTTP requests that contain data in the form of key-value pairs. These key-value pairs can represent form data, file uploads, or any other data that needs to be sent to a server. The append method is used to add a new field with a value to a FormData object. Here's how it works: javascript Copy code {{{{{{{ const formData = new FormData(); formData.append('username', 'john'); In this example, we create a new FormData object using the new FormData() constructor. We then call the append method on this object, passing in two arguments: a string representing the name of the field ('username'), and a string representing the value of the field ('john'). The append method adds a new field to the FormData object with the specified name and value. If the field already exists in the FormData object, the append method will add a new value to the existing field (effectively creating an array of values). Here's an example of how append might be used to send a POST request with form data: javascript Copy code {{{{{{{ class="!whitespace-pre hljs language-javascript">const formData = new FormData(); formData.append('username', 'john'); formData.append('password', 'secret'); fetch('/login', { method: 'POST', body: formData }); In this example, we create a new FormData object and add two fields to it using the append method. We then use the fetch API to send a POST request to the /login endpoint, with the FormData object as the request body. This sends the form data to the server, which can then process it and perform any necessary actions (e.g. logging the user in).

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const FormData = require("form-data");
const fs = require("fs");

const formData = new FormData();
formData.append("username", "john");
formData.append("profilePicture", fs.createReadStream("/path/to/profile.png"));

In this example, we first import the form-data module and the fs module using require. We then create a new FormData object using the new FormData() constructor. We use the append method to add two fields to the FormData object: The first field is named username and has the value 'john'. The second field is named profilePicture and has the value of a file stream that represents an image file. Note that we use the fs.createReadStream method to create a readable stream for the image file. This is necessary because form-data.append expects the field value to be either a string or a stream. Once we have created the FormData object, we can use it to send an HTTP request that contains the form data. For example, we could use the fetch API to send a POST request with the form data: javascript Copy code