How do i send data from html to mongodb?

Question

I am using node js with express and Mongo. I have a simple program that takes in user settings through radio buttons. I have a submit button but I do not know how to make it work from there. Do I need a new JS file to send it to mongodb? All I want is for my html to save the preferences and store them to the database. What steps do I start going in?

Example here: if I clicked male and hit submit, I would want the word male to save to the database.

<html>
  <body>
      <form action="">
        <input type="radio" name="sex" value="male">Male<br>
        <input type="radio" name="sex" value="female">Female
      </form>
  </body>
</html>

Where is your server-side code that is handling the POST? Or... is that what your question is? — Brad, May 14 '14 at 17:50

score 4 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:09

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First you want to send a http post to node js.

This will show you how to do that. How to retrieve POST query parameters?

Then you need to take that info and parse it and then send it to Mongo.

This will show you how to do an insert using Nodejs Mongo Driver. http://mongodb.github.io/node-mongodb-native/markdown-docs/insert.html

edited May 23 '17 at 12:09

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answered May 14 '14 at 17:54

Donny V.

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 18 '18 at 06:47

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create server.
send http req.
connect to mongodb.
insert data in mongodb

answered Oct 18 '18 at 06:47

Vaibhav Gunjal

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Can you elaborate a little more on the http req? Maybe add some code ? – Evan Erickson Feb 23 '21 at 01:18

How do i send data from html to mongodb?

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