@octetstream/object-to-form-data

object-to-form-data

Transform an object/collection to FormData. Good to use with then-busboy

API

serialize(object[, root]) -> {FormData}

• {object} object – Object to transform
• {string} root – Root key of a fieldname

Usage

import serialize from "@octetstream/object-to-form-data"

const object = {
  message: {
    sender: "Glim Glam",
    text: "Some whatever text message.",
    attachments: [
      {
        file: File, // this field will be represended as a File instance
        description: "Here is a description of the file"
      }
    ]
  }
}

// You will receive a FormData instance with all fields of given object
const body = serialize(object)

const options = {
  method: "POST", body
}

const onResponse = res => res.json()

const onData = data => console.log(data)

const onError = err => console.error(err)

fetch("https://api.whatever.co/ping", options)
  .then(onResponse).then(onData, onError)