Why is response.write in node.js not injecting html?

Question

I'm working through the tutorial in the beginner node book and I'm putting in this code.

    var body = '
<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html" charset="UTF-8"/>
</head>

<body>
    <form action="/upload" method="post">
        <textarea name="text" rows="20" cols="60"></textarea>
        <input type="submit" value="Submit text"/>
    </form>
</body>
</html>';
response.writeHead(200,{"Content-Type" : "text/plain"});
response.write(body);
response.end();

I've spaced it out, but I know I need to put it all on one line, when I do, the textarea does not appear, the html as written appears on screen.

I've spaced it out because I'm not sure if the html is correct.

What's going wrong?

"I think I need to put it all on one line" - Yes, or concatenate several strings together (one per line). Have you tried "text/html" instead of "text/plain" (on the third-last line)? — nnnnnn
– nnnnnn, Commented Jan 19, 2013 at 10:53
right, I know, but I spaced it out just in case there was a problem with the html I had typed... — praks5432
– praks5432, Commented Jan 19, 2013 at 10:54

nnnnnn · Accepted Answer · 2013-01-19 10:56:35Z

18

Try changing this line:

response.writeHead(200,{"Content-Type" : "text/plain"});

To:

response.writeHead(200,{"Content-Type" : "text/html"});

(You want the browser to interpret it as html, not plain text.)

answered Jan 19, 2013 at 10:56

nnnnnn

150k30 gold badges210 silver badges247 bronze badges

Sign up to request clarification or add additional context in comments.

4 Comments

praks5432 Over a year ago

nice, this is exactly what I wanted

Nah Over a year ago

But there is a problem, if you do following: res.writeHead(200,{"Content-Type" : "text/html"}); res.write('How to render/load pages (views)? '); res.write('localhost:'+port+'/products '); res.write('will load (render)'); res.write('localhost:'+port+'/products.html page/view.'); res.end(); It does not display http: written in the text.

nnnnnn Over a year ago

@MuhammadHannan - Well, why should it? You don't include 'http:' in your string. In any case, that appears to be unrelated to this question, so perhaps you should post a new question of your own.

Akhila Over a year ago

Wow thanks for that @nnnnnn. I had the same problem!

Collectives™ on Stack Overflow

Why is response.write in node.js not injecting html?

1 Answer 1

4 Comments

Your Answer

Hot Network Questions

Collectives™ on Stack Overflow

1 Answer 1

4 Comments

Your Answer

Sign up or log in

Post as a guest

Related