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node.jsexpressbody-parser
Aero Wang
Aero Wang

Reputation: 9227

Express body-parser supports both Content-Type 'text/plain' and 'application/json'

router.post('/action', bodyParser.text(), async (req, res) => {
  try {
    body = JSON.parse(req.body);
    // ...
    res.send('ok');
  } catch (e) {
    res.send('not ok');
  }
});

I could have the above code for Content-Type: 'text/plain' and I could have the below code for Content-Type: 'application/json', but now I need to support them both, how? Is there an option in bodyParser that supports both 'text/plain' and 'application/json'? 

router.post('/action', bodyParser.json(), async (req, res) => {
  try {
    body = req.body;
    // ...
    res.send('ok');
  } catch (e) {
    res.send('not ok');
  }
});

Upvotes: 3

Views: 2505

Answers (1)

Aero Wang
Aero Wang

Reputation: 9227

Never mind I figured this out:

router.post('/action', bodyParser.text({
  type: ['json', 'text']
}), async function(req, res) {
  try {
    body = typeof req.body === 'string' ? JSON.parse(req.body) : req.body;
    // ...
    res.send('ok');
  } catch (e) {
    res.send('not ok');
  }
});

Upvotes: 5

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