is this server api written in express? if so: https://www.npmjs.com/package/formidable or any FormData parser library

The api is next too, I am not using express. Shoud I figure out how to use express?

no need. how do you implement your api? how did you do the above console.log?

if you use next, it is easier because it's likely you don't need a FormData parser

export default async function POST(req, res) {
console.log(req.body);
res.status('200','Property Received')
}

That is all the code in my api js

is this a route handler (route.js) or an api route (pages/api/...)?

It is an api route

This is the form submission handler
async function handleSubmit(e) {
e.preventDefault();
const form = e.target;
const formData = new FormData(form);
fetch("/api/addPropertyApi", { method: "POST", body: formData });
}

Thank you so much. I wanted to ask what other way is there for handling the form submissions on backend? Is there inbuilt support in nextjs if I use route.js?

Perhaps something to do with the way I send the request?

if you use route.js, you can simply use await req.formData() to read the form request. but nextjs has this thing called [server actions](https://nextjs.org/docs/app/building-your-application/data-fetching/server-actions-and-mutations) that can handle this for you automatically, provided you use the app router

Got it thanks a lot for your help. Can I keep this forum open to refer to it later?

sure