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'.

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: 11111, // in kb
    shouldSaveRawBody: false,
    allowedMethods: [],
    allowedContentTypes:['application/x-www-form-urlencoded' 'text/plain',
'application/json', 'application/javascript', 'application/xml'],
    parseNumbers: true
  }