Body Parser Deprecated

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I am currently learning node and express. But when I require and use body-parser my code editor(VS Code) says that it is deprecated. How do I work with this? I will link the image of my editor.

Does this answer your question? [bodyParser is deprecated express 4](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/24330014/bodyparser-is-deprecated-express-4) — pzaenger, Mar 09 '21 at 14:00
Actually I tried to search for this earlier. I found this answer but it didn't helped me. — Arun Bohra, Mar 09 '21 at 19:50
See [this answer](https://stackoverflow.com/a/59892173/2436655) — pzaenger, Mar 09 '21 at 20:05

Happy Patel · Answer 1 · 2021-07-12T14:29:13.183

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If you facing 'bodyParser' is deprecated.

Just do

app.use(express.urlencoded({extended: true})); 
app.use(express.json());

Note: If you are using 4.16.0 or later express version.

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answered May 22 '21 at 13:33

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score 10 · Answer 2 · edited Apr 14 '21 at 05:50

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body parser package is deprecated. If you are using latest version of express you don't have to install body-parser package.

You can directly use

app.use(express.urlencoded({extended:true});

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answered Apr 13 '21 at 14:25

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score 9 · Accepted Answer · edited Oct 12 '21 at 11:49

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Body parser is now added to Express. You can use it like the following:

app.use(express.json());

You can add this middleware to the code which will then be able to use json methods.

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answered Jul 12 '21 at 14:01

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score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Dec 08 '21 at 20:38

Don't use body-parser

Body parsing is now builtin with express So, simply do

app.use(express.json()) //For JSON requests
app.use(express.urlencoded({extended: true}));

directly from express

You can uninstall body-parser using npm uninstall body-parser

Then you can get the POST content of the request using req.body

app.post("/yourpath", (req, res)=>{

    var postData = req.body;

    //Or like this, for string JSON body

    var postData = JSON.parse(req.body);
});

Body Parser Deprecated

4 Answers4

Don't use body-parser