How to parse form array in golang Beego

Question

How to parse html form array with Beego.

Answer 1

As you can see from the implementation of the FormValue method of the Request, it returns the first value in case of multiple ones: http://golang.org/src/pkg/net/http/request.go?s=23078:23124#L795 It would be better to get the attribute itself r.Form[key] and iterate over all the results manually. I am not sure how Beego works, but just using the raw Request.ParseForm and Request.Form or Request.PostForm maps should do the job. http://golang.org/src/pkg/net/http/request.go?s=1939:6442#L61

Answer 2

Thanks @ysqi for giving me a hint. I am adding a little detailed example to parse associate array like form data in beego

Here is my form structure:

<input name="contacts[0][email]" type="text" value="a1@gmail.com"/>
<input name="contacts[0][first_name]" type="text" value="f1"/>
<input name="contacts[0][last_name]" type="text" value="l1"/>
<input name="contacts[1][email]" type="text" value="a2@gmail.com"/>
<input name="contacts[1][first_name]" type="text" value="f2"/>
<input name="contacts[1][last_name]" type="text" value="l2"/>

golang(beego) code:

contacts := make([]map[string]string, 0, 3)

this.Ctx.Input.Bind(&contacts, "contacts")

contacts variable:

[
  {
    "email": "user2@gmail.com",
    "first_name": "Sam",
    "last_name": "Gamge"
  },
  {
    "email": "user3@gmail.com",
    "first_name": "john",
    "last_name": "doe"
  }
]

Now you can use it like:

for _, contact := range contacts {
    contact["email"]
    contact["first_name"]
    contact["last_name"]
}

Answer 3

You can do like this : see doc

v := make([]string, 0, 3)
this.Ctx.Input.Bind(&v, "names")