NodeJS Post request using a Button

Question

I don't know if this is possible or not. All the research I've done has shown that it is possible with a form and text input. But anyways, Using NodeJs & Express I want to be able to click a button on my webpage, and once it's clicked, it sends a post request to my Node.JS server.

Simpler way of saying it: When button is clicked, send info to the server.

Goal I'm trying to achieve: When button is clicked, it sends some sort of ID/code/anything to turn on a service from my database. (I have yet to learn how db's work so I am just trying to focus on front end.)

Code I have so far:

app.post("/send", function(req, res){
  var newID = req.body.ID;
  res.redirect("/action")
});

<form action="/send" method="POST">
    <input type="button" name="newID" placeholder="Button">
    <button>send</button>
</form>

Answer 1

You do not need to use jQuery or AJAX.

Simply add an input of type submit inside the form tag so that the POST request defined by your form tag is submitted.

Your newID input should be of type text, this allows entering a value in the input field.

The newID value can be retrieved server side with req.body.newID (be sure to use the body-parser middleware).

<form action="/send" method="POST">
    <input type="text" name="newID" placeholder="Enter your ID"/>
    <input type="submit" value="Click here to submit the form"/>
</form>