Javascript: send object with object inside trought post method -

i'm pretty new javascript , i'm trying send object other object inside trought post method:

$.post('/posttest', {tablename : 'wstest', data : {name : "rachid", age : 42, ville : "tokyo"}}).done(function(data) {       console.log("data posted : ", data);   }); 

i can retrieve tablename req.body.tablename req.body.data give me undefined. when console.log(req.body) got:

{ tablename: 'wstest',   'data[name]': 'rachid',   'data[age]': '42',   'data[ville]': 'tokyo' } 

as far understand it, javascript takes data dico ? how can make data object ?

standard form encoded data flat data structure. key/value pairs.

a non-standard extension syntax introduced php allows describe nested data, parser doesn't appear recognise it.

to access data need mention square brackets.

req.body["data[name]"] // etc 

alternatively, find parser recognise square brackets having special meaning.

assuming using (fairly common) "url-encoded form body parser" feature of body-parser module, see the docs:

extended

the extended option allows choose between parsing url-encoded data querystring library (when false) or qs library (when true). "extended" syntax allows rich objects , arrays encoded url-encoded format, allowing json-like experience url-encoded. more information, please see qs library.

so:

app.use(bodyparser.urlencoded({ extended: true })); 

… trick.