Post JSON data to render page

Question

I am getting my search result as JSON format from the URL: "/accounts/:id/users" and I need to retrieve that JSON data to render "/contacts/find". (The latter page shows search results.)

Here is my app router. With this I could see the result of the search in /contacts/find in JSON format:

app.post('/contacts/find', function(req, res) {
  var searchStr = req.param('searchStr', null);
  if ( null == searchStr ) {
    res.send(400);
    return;
  }

  models.Account.findByString(searchStr, function onSearchDone(err,accounts) {
    if (err || accounts.length == 0) {
      res.send(404);
    } else {
      res.send(accounts);
    }
  });
});

How can I use "accounts" (in JSON format) and re-render the page with the account info? I am trying with the below code snippet, but it does not work.

app.get('/contacts/find', function(req, res) {
 res.render('searchResult.ejs', {
  accounts: req.accounts,
  email: req.accounts.email
 })
}

The app.get method is not working. The URL just shows JSON data.

robertklep · Accepted Answer · 2013-10-16 20:27:08Z

1

So accounts is a JSON string? In that case, you can parse it (to convert it back to an object) and pass the result to your template:

var accounts = JSON.parse(req.accounts);
res.render('searchResult.ejs', {
  accounts : accounts,
  email    : accounts.email
 })

answered Oct 16, 2013 at 20:27

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4 Comments

0xEbo Over a year ago

Is it ok if I render the page within the "app.post" method without using "app.get" method ?

robertklep Over a year ago

@eknbrk sure, I don't see why not. Just replace the res.send in your POST route with the res.render

0xEbo Over a year ago

thanks again @robertklep.. It worked but, it page renders <%email%> as "undefined".. Do you have any idea ?

robertklep Over a year ago

@eknbrk well sounds like accounts.email might be undefined?

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