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# body-parser
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Node.js body parsing middleware.
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Parse incoming request bodies in a middleware before your handlers, available
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under the `req.body` property.
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**Note** As `req.body`'s shape is based on user-controlled input, all
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properties and values in this object are untrusted and should be validated
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before trusting. For example, `req.body.foo.toString()` may fail in multiple
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ways, for example the `foo` property may not be there or may not be a string,
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and `toString` may not be a function and instead a string or other user input.
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[Learn about the anatomy of an HTTP transaction in Node.js](https://nodejs.org/en/docs/guides/anatomy-of-an-http-transaction/).
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_This does not handle multipart bodies_, due to their complex and typically
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large nature. For multipart bodies, you may be interested in the following
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modules:
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* [busboy](https://www.npmjs.org/package/busboy#readme) and
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[connect-busboy](https://www.npmjs.org/package/connect-busboy#readme)
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* [multiparty](https://www.npmjs.org/package/multiparty#readme) and
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[connect-multiparty](https://www.npmjs.org/package/connect-multiparty#readme)
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* [formidable](https://www.npmjs.org/package/formidable#readme)
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* [multer](https://www.npmjs.org/package/multer#readme)
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This module provides the following parsers:
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* [JSON body parser](#bodyparserjsonoptions)
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* [Raw body parser](#bodyparserrawoptions)
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* [Text body parser](#bodyparsertextoptions)
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* [URL-encoded form body parser](#bodyparserurlencodedoptions)
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Other body parsers you might be interested in:
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- [body](https://www.npmjs.org/package/body#readme)
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- [co-body](https://www.npmjs.org/package/co-body#readme)
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## Installation
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```sh
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$ npm install body-parser
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```
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## API
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<!-- eslint-disable no-unused-vars -->
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```js
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var bodyParser = require('body-parser')
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```
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The `bodyParser` object exposes various factories to create middlewares. All
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middlewares will populate the `req.body` property with the parsed body when
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the `Content-Type` request header matches the `type` option, or an empty
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object (`{}`) if there was no body to parse, the `Content-Type` was not matched,
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or an error occurred.
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The various errors returned by this module are described in the
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[errors section](#errors).
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### bodyParser.json([options])
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Returns middleware that only parses `json` and only looks at requests where
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the `Content-Type` header matches the `type` option. This parser accepts any
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Unicode encoding of the body and supports automatic inflation of `gzip` and
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`deflate` encodings.
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A new `body` object containing the parsed data is populated on the `request`
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object after the middleware (i.e. `req.body`).
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#### Options
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The `json` function takes an optional `options` object that may contain any of
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the following keys:
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##### inflate
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When set to `true`, then deflated (compressed) bodies will be inflated; when
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`false`, deflated bodies are rejected. Defaults to `true`.
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##### limit
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Controls the maximum request body size. If this is a number, then the value
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specifies the number of bytes; if it is a string, the value is passed to the
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[bytes](https://www.npmjs.com/package/bytes) library for parsing. Defaults
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to `'100kb'`.
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##### reviver
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The `reviver` option is passed directly to `JSON.parse` as the second
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argument. You can find more information on this argument
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[in the MDN documentation about JSON.parse](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/JSON/parse#Example.3A_Using_the_reviver_parameter).
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##### strict
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When set to `true`, will only accept arrays and objects; when `false` will
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accept anything `JSON.parse` accepts. Defaults to `true`.
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##### type
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The `type` option is used to determine what media type the middleware will
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parse. This option can be a string, array of strings, or a function. If not a
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function, `type` option is passed directly to the
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[type-is](https://www.npmjs.org/package/type-is#readme) library and this can
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be an extension name (like `json`), a mime type (like `application/json`), or
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a mime type with a wildcard (like `*/*` or `*/json`). If a function, the `type`
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option is called as `fn(req)` and the request is parsed if it returns a truthy
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value. Defaults to `application/json`.
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##### verify
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The `verify` option, if supplied, is called as `verify(req, res, buf, encoding)`,
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where `buf` is a `Buffer` of the raw request body and `encoding` is the
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encoding of the request. The parsing can be aborted by throwing an error.
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### bodyParser.raw([options])
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Returns middleware that parses all bodies as a `Buffer` and only looks at
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requests where the `Content-Type` header matches the `type` option. This
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parser supports automatic inflation of `gzip` and `deflate` encodings.
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A new `body` object containing the parsed data is populated on the `request`
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object after the middleware (i.e. `req.body`). This will be a `Buffer` object
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of the body.
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#### Options
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The `raw` function takes an optional `options` object that may contain any of
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##### inflate
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When set to `true`, then deflated (compressed) bodies will be inflated; when
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`false`, deflated bodies are rejected. Defaults to `true`.
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##### limit
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Controls the maximum request body size. If this is a number, then the value
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specifies the number of bytes; if it is a string, the value is passed to the
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[bytes](https://www.npmjs.com/package/bytes) library for parsing. Defaults
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to `'100kb'`.
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##### type
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The `type` option is used to determine what media type the middleware will
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parse. This option can be a string, array of strings, or a function.
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If not a function, `type` option is passed directly to the
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[type-is](https://www.npmjs.org/package/type-is#readme) library and this
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can be an extension name (like `bin`), a mime type (like
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`application/octet-stream`), or a mime type with a wildcard (like `*/*` or
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`application/*`). If a function, the `type` option is called as `fn(req)`
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and the request is parsed if it returns a truthy value. Defaults to
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##### verify
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The `verify` option, if supplied, is called as `verify(req, res, buf, encoding)`,
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where `buf` is a `Buffer` of the raw request body and `encoding` is the
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encoding of the request. The parsing can be aborted by throwing an error.
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### bodyParser.text([options])
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Returns middleware that parses all bodies as a string and only looks at
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requests where the `Content-Type` header matches the `type` option. This
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parser supports automatic inflation of `gzip` and `deflate` encodings.
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A new `body` string containing the parsed data is populated on the `request`
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object after the middleware (i.e. `req.body`). This will be a string of the
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#### Options
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The `text` function takes an optional `options` object that may contain any of
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##### defaultCharset
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Specify the default character set for the text content if the charset is not
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specified in the `Content-Type` header of the request. Defaults to `utf-8`.
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##### inflate
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When set to `true`, then deflated (compressed) bodies will be inflated; when
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`false`, deflated bodies are rejected. Defaults to `true`.
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##### limit
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Controls the maximum request body size. If this is a number, then the value
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specifies the number of bytes; if it is a string, the value is passed to the
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[bytes](https://www.npmjs.com/package/bytes) library for parsing. Defaults
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##### type
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The `type` option is used to determine what media type the middleware will
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parse. This option can be a string, array of strings, or a function. If not
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a function, `type` option is passed directly to the
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[type-is](https://www.npmjs.org/package/type-is#readme) library and this can
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be an extension name (like `txt`), a mime type (like `text/plain`), or a mime
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type with a wildcard (like `*/*` or `text/*`). If a function, the `type`
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option is called as `fn(req)` and the request is parsed if it returns a
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truthy value. Defaults to `text/plain`.
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The `verify` option, if supplied, is called as `verify(req, res, buf, encoding)`,
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where `buf` is a `Buffer` of the raw request body and `encoding` is the
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encoding of the request. The parsing can be aborted by throwing an error.
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### bodyParser.urlencoded([options])
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Returns middleware that only parses `urlencoded` bodies and only looks at
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requests where the `Content-Type` header matches the `type` option. This
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parser accepts only UTF-8 encoding of the body and supports automatic
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inflation of `gzip` and `deflate` encodings.
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A new `body` object containing the parsed data is populated on the `request`
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object after the middleware (i.e. `req.body`). This object will contain
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key-value pairs, where the value can be a string or array (when `extended` is
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The `urlencoded` function takes an optional `options` object that may contain
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any of the following keys:
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The `extended` option allows to choose between parsing the URL-encoded data
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`true`). The "extended" syntax allows for rich objects and arrays to be
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with URL-encoded. For more information, please
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[see the qs library](https://www.npmjs.org/package/qs#readme).
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##### limit
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Controls the maximum request body size. If this is a number, then the value
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[bytes](https://www.npmjs.com/package/bytes) library for parsing. Defaults
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are allowed in the URL-encoded data. If a request contains more parameters
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than this value, a 413 will be returned to the client. Defaults to `1000`.
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The `type` option is used to determine what media type the middleware will
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parse. This option can be a string, array of strings, or a function. If not
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a function, `type` option is passed directly to the
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be an extension name (like `urlencoded`), a mime type (like
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`application/x-www-form-urlencoded`), or a mime type with a wildcard (like
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`*/x-www-form-urlencoded`). If a function, the `type` option is called as
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`fn(req)` and the request is parsed if it returns a truthy value. Defaults
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## Errors
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The middlewares provided by this module create errors depending on the error
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condition during parsing. The errors will typically have a `status`/`statusCode`
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property that contains the suggested HTTP response code, an `expose` property
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to determine if the `message` property should be displayed to the client, a
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`type` property to determine the type of error without matching against the
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`message`, and a `body` property containing the read body, if available.
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The following are the common errors emitted, though any error can come through
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for various reasons.
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### content encoding unsupported
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This error will occur when the request had a `Content-Encoding` header that
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contained an encoding but the "inflation" option was set to `false`. The
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`status` property is set to `415`, the `type` property is set to
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`'encoding.unsupported'`, and the `charset` property will be set to the
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encoding that is unsupported.
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### request aborted
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the body has finished. The `received` property will be set to the number of
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bytes received before the request was aborted and the `expected` property is
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set to the number of expected bytes. The `status` property is set to `400`
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and `type` property is set to `'request.aborted'`.
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### request entity too large
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option. The `limit` property will be set to the byte limit and the `length`
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property will be set to the request body's length. The `status` property is
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the `Content-Length` header. This typically occurs when the request is malformed,
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typically when the `Content-Length` header was calculated based on characters
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instead of bytes. The `status` property is set to `400` and the `type` property
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is set to `'request.size.invalid'`.
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### stream encoding should not be set
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This error will occur when something called the `req.setEncoding` method prior
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to this middleware. This module operates directly on bytes only and you cannot
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call `req.setEncoding` when using this module. The `status` property is set to
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`500` and the `type` property is set to `'stream.encoding.set'`.
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### too many parameters
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### unsupported charset "BOGUS"
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`Content-Type` header, but the `iconv-lite` module does not support it OR the
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parser does not support it. The charset is contained in the message as well
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as in the `charset` property. The `status` property is set to `415`, the
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`type` property is set to `'charset.unsupported'`, and the `charset` property
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This error will occur when the request had a `Content-Encoding` header that
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as well as in the `encoding` property. The `status` property is set to `415`,
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## Examples
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### Express/Connect top-level generic
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This example demonstrates adding a generic JSON and URL-encoded parser as a
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top-level middleware, which will parse the bodies of all incoming requests.
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This is the simplest setup.
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