NodeJs: How to parse post request body

Question

I've been trying to use body-parser but it's deprecated so I'm doing this

var express = require('express')
var app = express()

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

app.post('/send-message', (req, res) => {
console.log('request', req.body);
res.sendStatus(200)
})

var server = app.listen(3000, () => {
  console.log('server is listening on port', server.address().port)
})

And send post request from Postman

But in the console I get

server is listening on port 3000
request {}

Why request is empty? and how to catch it correctly?

Provide the `Content-Type: application/json` header when making your Postman request. (If I remember correctly, that "Text" dropdown has a "JSON" option that populates this header for you) — George, Mar 09 '21 at 16:45
Does it answer your question https://stackoverflow.com/questions/30126189/non-deprecated-alternative-to-body-parser-in-express-js ? Here are more references https://stackoverflow.com/questions/24330014/bodyparser-is-deprecated-express-4 — noob_nerd, Mar 09 '21 at 17:06

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 09 '21 at 18:04

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select json from the dropdown menu where text is written, this will set the content-type header to application/json text to json

answered Mar 09 '21 at 18:04

Shubh Bhardwaj

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NodeJs: How to parse post request body

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