req-parser

A lightweight and flexible middleware for parsing the request body in Express.

Installation

Install with npm:

1npm install req-parser

Usage

1const express = require("express");
2const bodyParser = require("req-parser");
3
4const app = express();
5
6// Use bodyParser middleware
7app.use(bodyParser);
8
9// Handle POST requests
10app.post("/", (req, res) => {
11  console.log(req.body);
12  res.send("Got it!");
13});
14
15app.listen(3000, () => {
16  console.log("Server listening on port 3000");
17});

Options The middleware automatically detects the content type of the request body and parses it accordingly. Supported content types are:

• application/json
• application/x-www-form-urlencoded
• any other content type (treated as plain text)

License ISC