How to force parse request body as plain text instead of json in Express?

Question

I am using nodejs + Express (v3) like this:

app.use(express.bodyParser());
app.route(\'/some/route\', function(req, res) {
  var text = req.body; // I expect         


        

Answer 1

Express understands by content-type how to decode a body. It must have specific decoders in middlewares, which is embedded into the library from 4.x:

app.use(express.text())
app.use(express.json())