why to use bodyparser in express code example
Example 1: body parser express
npm i body-parser
const express = require('express')
const bodyParser = require('body-parser')
const app = express()
app.use(bodyParser.urlencoded({ extended: false }))
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: bodyparser express
var express = require('express')
var bodyParser = require('body-parser')
var app = express()
var jsonParser = bodyParser.json()
var urlencodedParser = bodyParser.urlencoded({ extended: false })
app.post('/login', urlencodedParser, function (req, res) {
res.send('welcome, ' + req.body.username)
})
app.post('/api/users', jsonParser, function (req, res) {
})