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Why can't I send a form data from axios?

I am consuming an api that asks me to send a filter series within a formData, when doing the tests from Postman everything works without problem, I tried with other libraries and it also works without problem, but when trying to do it from axios the information does not return with the filters.
This is the code I am using:
const axios = require('axios');
const FormData = require('form-data');
let data = new FormData();
data.append('filtro_grafica', '2,0,0,0');
let config = {
method: 'get',
url: 'https://thisismyurl/filter',
headers: {
'Authorization': 'JWT MYTOKEN',
...data.getHeaders()
},
data : data
};
axios(config)
.then((response) => {
console.log(JSON.stringify(response.data));
})
.catch((error) => {
console.log(error);
});

You can send Form-data using get method, but the most servers, will reject the form data.
However it is not recommended anymore. The reason is, first because it is visible in the URL and browsers can cache them in it’s history backstacks, and second reason is because browsers have some limitations over the maximum number of characters in url.
If you are to send only few fields/input in the forms you can use it but if you have multiple inputs you should avoid it and use POST instead.
At the end it depends on your own usecase. Technically both GET and POST are fine to send data to server.
replace get with post
const axios = require('axios');
const FormData = require('form-data');
let data = new FormData();
data.append('filtro_grafica', '2,0,0,0');
let config = {
method: 'post',
url: 'https://thisismyurl/filter',
headers: {
'Authorization': 'JWT MYTOKEN',
...data.getHeaders()
},
data : data
};
axios(config)
.then((response) => {
console.log(JSON.stringify(response.data));
})
.catch((error) => {
console.log(error);
});

axios GET request with form data in React JS

I want to implement the following cURL request (which is working) in react js using axios:
curl -k --request GET "BASE_URL_SERVER/sendText" --form "user_id="uidxxxx"" --form "sign_id="
I always get the same error: field sign_id not found, but technically I'm sending it, so I'm kind of desesperate.
var data = new FormData();
data.append('user_id', 'uidxxxx');
data.append('sign_id', '9');
const api = axios.create({
baseURL: BASE_URL_SERVER,
data: data,
headers: {
'Content-Type': `multipart/form-data; boundary=${data._boundary}`
},
timeout: 10000,
})
api.get('/sendText')
.then(response => console.log(JSON.stringify(response.data)))
.catch(error => { console.log(error) })
I've also tried adding '...getHeaders()' to the headers section but React says it is not a function; I've read in other posts that it has something to do with the browser
thanks in advance
ps: it is a pretty similar problem to this one, but none of the solutions worked for me
[UPDATE]
I ended up implementing it with POST, which is better for posting Form Data; no headers are needed, the browser automatically adds them:
var data = new FormData();
data.append('user_id', user_id);
data.append('sign_id', sign_id);
const api = axios.create({
baseURL: BASE_URL_SERVER,
timeout: TIMEOUT_SERVER,
})
api.post('/sendText', data)
.then(response => console.log(JSON.stringify(response.data)))
.catch(error => { console.log(error) })

You have a mistake, you try to send data via axios for POST and method is GET...
So that, You need to Change Method to be POST to can Post form data or you need to change it to url param or url path base on your api to be WORK as a GET...
Base on your curl, your case is you need a GET:
// Make a request for a user with a given ID
axios.get('/sendText?ID=12345')
.then(function (response) {
// handle success
console.log(response);
})
.catch(function (error) {
// handle error
console.log(error);
})
.then(function () {
// always executed
});
// Optionally the request above could also be done as
axios.get('/user', {
params: {
sendText: 12345
}
})
.then(function (response) {
console.log(response);
})
.catch(function (error) {
console.log(error);
})
.then(function () {
// always executed
});
Also, you can save all config in instance and share it for all nested of write it again and again..
for example:
// Common Axios Instance Config
const axiosConfig = {
baseURL: process.env.REACT_APP_API_ENDPOINT,
};
// Create Default Axios Instace
const instance = axios.create(axiosConfig);
I think base on your example this will work, but not sure sine I'm not test it..:
var data = new FormData();
data.append('user_id', 'uidxxxx');
data.append('sign_id', '9');
const api = axios.create({
baseURL: 'https://193.146.38.4:56076',
headers: {
'Content-Type': `multipart/form-data; boundary=${data._boundary}`
},
timeout: 10000,
})
api.get('/sendText', {
user_id: 111,
sign_id: 2222
)
.then(response => console.log(JSON.stringify(response.data)))
.catch(error => { console.log(error) })
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How to post image and array together with react native to backend?

I am trying to send an image file and data (object or array) to a backend with react native. I tried using fetch and the code below and got it to send an image to backend. But my target is to send the image and data together. How can I achieve this?
uploadPhoto = async (response) => {
const formData = new FormData();
formData.append('fileToUpload', {
uri: response.path,
name: 'image',
type: response.mime,
imgPath: response.path
});
const infos={ad:'onur',soyad:'cicek'};
try {
const rest = await fetch('https://www.birdpx.com/mobile/fotografyukle/'+this.state.user.Id, {
method: 'POST',
headers: { 'Accept': 'application/json', 'Content-type': 'multipart/form-data' },
body: formData
});
const gelenVeri = await rest.text();
let convertedVeri=JSON.parse(gelenVeri);
console.log(convertedVeri);
return false
} catch (err) {
console.log(err)
}
};
I need to post const infos={ad:'onur',soyad:'cicek'}; and the image.

You can pass it in formData itself
formData.append('other_infos', infos);
Here other_infos will be key that required to extract from backend, you can append n number of parameters in FormData

You can do it by adding other data to the FormData.
like in the example
formData.append('infos', infos);

Add parameters to post request using js on client side

I'm developing a "TODO" app using node.js and mongodb.
I'm trying to post a new task from the client but I didn't success to pass parameters to the server and from there to the database.
Client code:
<script>
function addData(item, url) {
var text = document.getElementById("myTask").value;
return fetch('/todos',{
method: 'post',
body: text
}).then(response => response.json())
.then(data => console.log(data));
}
</script>
Server code:
app.post('/todos',(req,res) =>{
console.log("\n\n req.body is: \n\n",req.body);
var todo = new Todo({
text: req.body.text});
todo.save().then((doc) =>{
res.send(doc);
console.log(JSON.stringify(doc,undefined,2));
},(err) =>{
res.status(400).send(err); //400 = unable to connect
console.log("Unable to save todo.\n\n\n" , err);
});
});
And the problem is that the client doesn't send the body to the server,
and the body is null on the server side:
See the logs here
(as you can see: req.body = {})
In the js code, I tried to pass the body parameter but I guess I did something wrong so I want to know the best way to pass parameters back to the server (not only the body but text, time and etc)
Thank in advance,
Sagiv

I think that you are missing something. Try to use name of param
body: JSON.stringify({data: text})
OR
read here Fetch: POST json data

I used this code:
(async () => {
const rawResponse = await fetch('https://httpbin.org/post', {
method: 'POST',
headers: {
'Accept': 'application/json',
'Content-Type': 'application/json'
},
body: JSON.stringify({a: 1, b: 'Textual content'})
});
const content = await rawResponse.json();
console.log(content);
})();
and now I succeeded to pass data to the request.
Thanks everybody

How to send data correct axios Error: Multipart: Boundary not found

I don't know why I receive on server [Error: Multipart: Boundary not found]
and bundle.js:37628 POST http://localhost:8800/exporttocsv 500 (Internal Server Error)
When I make post through
<form action="/exporttocsv" method="POST" encType="multipart/form-data">
post works correctly, but through axios doesn't work.
Please help me fix the mistake
this my code
/--client
import axios from 'axios'
var formData = new FormData()
const config = { headers: { 'Content-Type': 'multipart/form-data' } };
export const ipmortToCSV = (file) => dispatch => {
formData.append('file',file)
console.log(formData.getAll('data'))
axios.post('/exporttocsv', {
"UploadCommand": formData
},config)
.then(function (response) {
console.log(response);
})
.catch(function (error) {
console.log(error);
});
//--server
const router = require('express').Router()
var csv = require('csv-express')
const controllers = require('../../controllers/exporttocsv')
var multer = require('multer')
var upload = multer({dest : 'exporttocsv/'})
router.get('/', (req, res) => {
controllers.exportToCsv(req,res)
})
router.post('/',upload.single('file'),(req,res) => {
//controllers.importToCsv(req,res)
})
module.exports = router

You can do this ...
Instantiate a new FormData instance.
const config = { headers: { 'Content-Type': 'multipart/form-data' } };
let fd = new FormData();
fd.append('file',files[0])
return axios.post("http://localhost:5000/upload", fd, config)
Usingconcat and concat-stream
const concat = require("concat-stream")
const fd = new FormData()
fd.append("hello", "world")
fd.append("file", fs.createReadStream(file))
fd.pipe(concat(data => {
axios.post("/hello", data, {
headers: fd.getHeaders()
})
}))
Using promise
const promise = new Promise((resolve) => {
const fd = new FormData();
fd.append("hello", "world");
fd.append("file", fs.createReadStream(binaryFile));
fd.pipe(concat({ encoding: 'buffer' }, data => resolve({ data, headers: fd.getHeaders() })));
});
promise.then(({ data, headers }) => axios.post('/hello', data, { headers }));
I hope I've been useful! :)
References:
github.com - Can't get a .post with Content-Type...
github.com - Better solution using axios, form-data, fs
https://stackoverflow.com/a/47630754/3332734

I was struggling with this issue of multipart boundary not found with fetch api calling to a nestjs server. What I tried was to remove the
'Content-Type': 'multipart/form-data',
headers so that Fetch api automatically set the headers and it worked. Try it out

By default axios do not attach boundary to content type header. You have to do it manually:
axios.post(`${this.baseUrl}/${path}`, formData, {
headers: {
'Content-Type': `multipart/form-data; boundary=${formData.getBoundary()}`,
},
})
It is especially important if you talking to spring server.
In other case you will see exception:
org.apache.tomcat.util.http.fileupload.FileUploadException: the request was rejected because no multipart boundary was found

I was getting this problem with Axios via JavaScript because the content-type header was multipart-form-data but the boundary was missing.
Based on my research, a good way to handle it is to allow Axios to auto-detect the content type and set the headers correctly itself.
Here is an idea for how to accomplish this:
const formDataWithFiles = hasFiles ? new FormData() : undefined;
if (formDataWithFiles) {
// axios will automatically set the content-type to multipart/form-data if the
// data param is a FormData object
// otherwise, it will use application/json
// (study the Dev Tools > Network tab > XHR tab headers)
Object.keys(modifiedFields)
.forEach(field => formDataWithFiles.append(field, modifiedFields[field]));
}
const { data } = await axios({
method,
url: actionUrl,
data: hasFiles ? formDataWithFiles : modifiedFields,
headers: {
...axios.defaults.headers,
...headers,
},
});
return data;
The above code is in a generic handleSubmit function that can be called from anywhere in the client-side.
Here is the function signature:
const { data } = await this.submitForm({
actionUrl: this.actionUrl,
method: this.method,
modifiedFields: {
...this.modifiedUser,
},
hasFiles: true,
});
In the above code, there are two use cases. The first is the default case, where a normal payload is sent via a flat object. The second is the case when the form has files and you want multipart/form-data. In this case, we use the FormData Object as a vessel to instruct Axios to auto-detect the necessary headers and set the correct boundary.
If you do not specify the headers correctly, it is possible to receive an empty $request->all() Array in Laravel, or perhaps any server such as node.js.
The short answer to my answer is to use the FormData Object because it contains more information than a plain-old-JavaScript-object. With it, you can also access:
const formData = new FormData();
console.log('boundary:', formData._boundary);
As my annotation above hints towards, use the Dev Tools > Network tab > XHR tab to examine your request headers and make sure you have content-type application/json or application/x-www-form-urlencoded for regular form submits and multipart/form-data' if you are uploading a file.

For me the main reason was what the OP did; sending the data argument of axios.post as an object ({ key: formDataObj}) instead of just formDataObj directly as the arg.

For me add the following code to fixes it.
axios.post('/xxx/Upload', formData, {
headers: {
'Content-Type': 'multipart/form-data',
},
transformRequest: (data) => {
return data
},
})

Okay, I would like to share my solution as I struggled with this problem for almost a day. The issue was caused by an incorrect package version. Around 27.0.0, some changes were made to the form data sending, which resulted in issues with the boundaries. I'm not sure what version you folks are using, but it might be worth checking if this is the cause of your problem.
https://github.com/axios/axios/issues/4631