Express body-parsing with no dependencies - Code with Hugo - Feb 25th 2019

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Parse POST/PATCH/PUT request JSON body with Express and no dependencies: I discovered that Express 4.16+ had a built-in JSON body-parser express.json(), here’s a post about how to use it (and ditch body-parser 🤞).

Here’s the moment I first heard about it:

See the codesandbox for that post https://olrn6x3n19.sse.codesandbox.io/

Or run the curl yourself:

$ curl --request POST \
  --url https://olrn6x3n19.sse.codesandbox.io/test \
  --header 'content-type: application/json' \
  --data '{
    "json-parsing": "just with Express",
    "no": "body-parser"
}'

{"json-parsing":"just with Express","no":"body-parser"}

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