node express submission over https JSON not formatted

Question

I have an angularjs app posting over https to a node express server. The angular client is posting with the header:

headers: {'Content-Type': 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded'}})

On the server:

var bodyParser = require('body-parser');

app.use(bodyParser.urlencoded({
    extended: false
}));

This produces a request body that looks like:

{ '{"firstname":"hj","lastname":"hj"}': '' }

Without bodyParser I don't get any body at all.

Obviously I'm doing something wrong. Is there a way to get valid json without trying to unscramble the above request body?

Mark Pieszak - Trilon.io · Accepted Answer · 2015-11-04 16:19:01Z

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I believe what you're missing is to let bodyParser be aware of JSON.

  app.use(bodyParser.urlencoded({ extended: false }));

  // Place it below ^ your urlencoded line

  app.use(bodyParser.json()); // <-- this

answered Nov 4, 2015 at 16:19

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aarffy Over a year ago

No, I tried that and the request body was the same. I did forget to mention in my question that the angular post includes the header 'Content-Type': 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded'

Mark Pieszak - Trilon.io Over a year ago

Change angular to application/json, that should do it

aarffy · Accepted Answer · 2015-11-04 17:13:39Z

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MarkPieszak is right in his post and in his comment:

headers: {'Content-Type': 'application/json'}})

I somehow didn't think this would work over https

answered Nov 4, 2015 at 17:13

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