how to receive a multi select in expressjs

Question

Hello I have a multi select that looks like this

input.form-control(type='text', name='names[]')

I want to retrieve does values. I'm using this

var names = req.body.names[];

Obviously that not working. How do i get the values of an array using expressjs.

Thanks

Answer 1

From the comments, credit Ben Fortune:

You'll need req.body['names[]'], though BodyParser should parse this and req.body.names should be an array.