README.md

Jai Body Parser

Simple and fast Node.js module for parsing Http request body. Part of Jai.js ecosystem. Built without any third part dependency. Jai body parser is a middleware for node.js that parses incoming request body in a middleware before your application’s request handlers are called. Allowed content-types 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded', 'text/plain', 'application/json', 'application/javascript','application/xml'.

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Features

• Easy Setup
• Config the request body size
• Config specific request methods to implement/use
• Config request header content-types to use
• option to save raw body or payload
• Can be used with any framework

Installation

Install my-project with npm

  npm install jai-body-parser

Usage / Examples

// JAI SERVER

const jaiServer = require('jai-server');
const jaiBodyParser = require('jai-body-parser');

const app = jaiServer();
const port = 1111;
app.use(jaiBodyParser(/* options */));
app.post('*', (req, res) => {
  res.writeHead(200, { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' });
  res.end(JSON.stringify({ body: req.body }));
});


app.listen(port, () => {
  console.log(`Server listening on http://localhost:${port}/ ...`);
});


// Express

const express = require('express');
const jaiBodyParser = require('jai-body-parser');

const app = express();
const port = 1111;
app.use(jaiBodyParser(/* options */));
app.post('*', (req, res) => {
  res.writeHead(200, { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' });
  res.end(JSON.stringify({ body: req.body }));
});


app.listen(port, () => {
  console.log(`Server listening on http://localhost:${port}/ ...`);
});


//  OR Http

const http = require('http');
const jaiBodyParser = require('jai-body-parser');

const server = http.createServer(async (req, res) => {
  jaiBodyParser(/* options */)(req, res, (err) => {
    if (err) {
      res.writeHead(200, { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' });
      return res.end(JSON.stringify({ Error: err.stack }));
    }
    res.writeHead(200, { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' });
    res.end(JSON.stringify({ body: req.body }));
  });
});

server.listen(1111, () => {
  console.log('Server listening on http://localhost:1111/ ...');
});

API Reference

Options

/* { limit: 100, // in kb shouldSaveRawBody: false, allowedMethods: eligibleMethods, allowedContentTypes: contentTypes, parseNumbers: true } */

Parameter	Type	Description
limit	integer	size in kb, default: 100 (100kb)
shouldSaveRawBody	boolean	should save raw body, default: false. useful when authenticating webhook responses
allowedMethods	array	array of allowed http methods, default: ['post', 'put', 'patch']
allowedContentTypes	array	array of allowed http methods, default: ['application/x-www-form-urlencoded' 'text/plain',
'application/json', 'application/javascript', 'application/xml']
parseNumbers	boolean	parse numbers from body text, default: true,