How to get selected value from html dropdown in express?-CodePudding

I'm using a html dropdown in my project . How do i get the select value in the express server?

<div >
            <label for="kk" >Designation</label>
            <select  name="picker" aria-label="Default select example" id="kk">
                <option selected>Select</option>
                <option value="1">Proffesor</option>
                <option value="2">Associate Proffessor</option>
                <option value="3">Lab Assistant</option>
            </select>
        </div>

In my post request handling method i have used this code to get the value :

const f = req.body.picker;

what this gives me is the index of the selected values in the dropdown like 0,1,2 etc instead of actual values like professor, associate professor,lab assistant .

CodePudding user response：

You actually get what is in value attribute when you send your request. For the data you want, you can do it this way :

<div >
            <label for="kk" >Designation</label>
            <select  name="picker" aria-label="Default select example" id="kk">
                <option value="" selected>Select</option>
                <option value="Proffesor">Proffesor</option>
                <option value="Associate Proffessor">Associate Proffessor</option>
                <option value="Lab Assistan">Lab Assistant</option>
            </select>
        </div>

And that is what you will get :

const f = req.body.picker; // -> "" or "Proffesor" or "Associate Proffessor" or "Lab Assistan"