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A middleware function for parsing request bodies in Express.js. It automatically detects the content type and parses the body accordingly.
A lightweight and flexible middleware for parsing the request body in Express.
Install with npm:
npm install req-parser
const express = require("express");
const bodyParser = require("req-parser");
const app = express();
// Use bodyParser middleware
app.use(bodyParser);
// Handle POST requests
app.post("/", (req, res) => {
console.log(req.body);
res.send("Got it!");
});
app.listen(3000, () => {
console.log("Server listening on port 3000");
});
Options The middleware automatically detects the content type of the request body and parses it accordingly. Supported content types are:
License ISC
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A middleware function for parsing request bodies in Express.js. It automatically detects the content type and parses the body accordingly.
The npm package req-parser receives a total of 5 weekly downloads. As such, req-parser popularity was classified as not popular.
We found that req-parser demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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