Koa.js request-promise return [ The property , ' ' , in the request body is invalid ]

Question

I try to post json to Line' messaging api with koa.js and request-promise but got error as attached image :

I'm using heroku with koa.js to connect with Line messaging api.
Here is my code :

const Koa = require('koa');
const Router = require('koa-router');
const logger = require('koa-logger');
const bodyParser = require('koa-bodyparser');
const app = new Koa();
const router = new Router();
const port = process.env.PORT || 4000;
app.use(logger());
app.use(bodyParser());

app.on('error', (err, ctx) => {
    console.log('server error', err, ctx)
});

app.use(router.routes());
app.use(router.allowedMethods());

router
    .get('/', (ctx, next) => {
        console.log(ctx);
        ctx.body = ctx;
    })
    .post('/webhook', async (ctx, next) => {
        var reply_Token = ctx.request.body.events[0].replyToken;
        console.log('token = ' , ctx.request.body.events[0].replyToken);

var rp_body = JSON.stringify({
    replyToken: reply_Token,
    messages: [{
            type: 'text',
            text: 'Hello'
        },
        {
            type: 'text',
            text: 'How are you?'
        }]
    });
var options = {
    method: 'POST',
    url: 'https://api.line.me/v2/bot/message/reply',
    headers: {
        'Content-Type': 'application/json',
        'Authorization': 'Bearer {xxxxxxxx}'
    },
    json: true,
    body: rp_body
};
var rp = require('request-promise');
rp(options)
    .then(function (parsedBody){
        console.log('rq success');
    })
    .catch(function (err) {
        console.log('server error', err, ctx);
    });
});

app.listen(port);
module.exports = { app }

After try to solving with changing variable but seem doesn't work at all. This is what I try to adapt from using Node.Js to Koa.js.

try to remove `JSON.stringify(` `var rp_body = JSON.stringify({` => `var rp_body = {` cause documentations says: `body - entity body for PATCH, POST and PUT requests. Must be a Buffer, String or ReadStream. If json is true, then body must be a JSON-serializable object.` — num8er, Jun 08 '20 at 17:31
Thank you for your comment, I had tried it once but got another error as 'Invalid Token' — Nut, Jun 08 '20 at 17:36
exactly, since token is really not valid, it points to: `reply_Token` — num8er, Jun 08 '20 at 17:37
please put `console.log(ctx.request.body.events)` right after `post('/webhook'...` line and write what You see. — num8er, Jun 08 '20 at 17:39

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 09 '20 at 02:59

Solving the problems!, thanks to @num8er for pointing to it.

As the body entity has 'json : true' so the body is already stringify by this. There's no need to do stringify before.

So removing it like :

var rp_body = JSON.stringify({ 
replyToken: reply_Token,
messages: [{

to

var rp_body = ({
replyToken: reply_Token,
messages: [{

However after pull off stringify from body you might encounter 'Invalid Token' if process api.line.me verification.

It's what it should be, because api.line.me will throw zeros as reply token for verification and Koa.js look at it like an error.

So checking for if token is zeros then send status 200 to complete the verification, otherwise do the POST METHOD if token is not zeros.

if(reply_Token === '00000000000000000000000000000000') {
    ctx.status = 200;
} else {
    //POST METHOD
}

Koa.js request-promise return [ The property , ' ' , in the request body is invalid ]

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