parse json body express code example

Example 1: body parser express

//make sure it is in this order
npm i body-parser

const express = require('express')
const bodyParser = require('body-parser')

const app = express()

// parse application/x-www-form-urlencoded
app.use(bodyParser.urlencoded({ extended: false }))

// parse application/json
app.use(bodyParser.json())

app.use(function (req, res) {
  res.setHeader('Content-Type', 'text/plain')
  res.write('you posted:\n')
  res.end(JSON.stringify(req.body, null, 2))
})

Example 2: parse json express

// Update for Express 4.16+
// Starting with release 4.16.0, a new express.json() middleware is available.
var express = require('express');
var app = express();

app.use(express.json());

app.post('/', function(request, response){
  console.log(request.body);      // your JSON
   response.send(request.body);    // echo the result back
});

app.listen(3000);

Example 3: urlencoded json express

var express = require('express')

var app = express()

app.use(express.json()) // for parsing application/json
app.use(express.urlencoded({ extended: true })) // for parsing application/x-www-form-urlencoded

app.post('/profile', function (req, res, next) {
  console.log(req.body)
  res.json(req.body)
})

Example 4: express json body

$ npm install body-parser

Example 5: express json body

var bodyParser = require('body-parser')