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javascriptnode.jsexpressmiddleware
Muhammad Raihan Muhaimin
Muhammad Raihan Muhaimin

Reputation: 5729

Passing a variable through req.body from middleware

I have a middleware defined like 

app.use('api/', authenticate, bar);

Inside the authenticate function, I am attaching a variable in the req.body like

req.body.user = foo;

But when I do a console.log(req.body.user) inside bar; I found undefined. However if I attach the variable like req.user = foo and then inside the bar function I do a console.log(req.user) it successfully printing foo. Is there any reason the variable attached req.body is losing what is attached to it on its way?

Upvotes: 2

Views: 1997

Answers (1)

Wainage
Wainage

Reputation: 5392

Works just fine ...

var express = require('express');
var app = express();

var bodyParser = require('body-parser');
app.use(bodyParser.json()); // for parsing application/json

app.use('*', function(req, res, next){
    console.log("Middlewarez");
    req.body.user = { name: "John", last: "Smith" }
    next();
}, function(req, res){
    console.log("Handler")
    console.log(req.body);       // => { user: { name: 'John', last: 'Smith' } }
    res.end("Done");
})

app.listen(8080);

Perhaps you're not using the body-parser?

Upvotes: 2

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