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								# body-parser
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								[![NPM Version][npm-image]][npm-url]
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								[![NPM Downloads][downloads-image]][downloads-url]
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								[![Build Status][travis-image]][travis-url]
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								[![Test Coverage][coveralls-image]][coveralls-url]
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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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								```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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								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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								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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								##### 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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								`application/octet-stream`.
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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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								object after the middleware (i.e. `req.body`). This will be a string of the
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								body.
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								The `text` function takes an optional `options` object that may contain any of
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								the following keys:
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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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								[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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								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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								##### 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.urlencoded([options])
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								Returns middleware that only parses `urlencoded` bodies and only looks at
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								parser accepts only UTF-8 encoding of the body and supports automatic
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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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								`false`), or any type (when `extended` is `true`).
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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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								##### extended
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								The `extended` option allows to choose between parsing the URL-encoded data
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								with the `querystring` library (when `false`) or the `qs` library (when
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								`true`). The "extended" syntax allows for rich objects and arrays to be
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								encoded into the URL-encoded format, allowing for a JSON-like experience
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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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								Defaults to `true`, but using the default has been deprecated. Please
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								research into the difference between `qs` and `querystring` and choose the
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								appropriate setting.
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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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								##### parameterLimit
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								The `parameterLimit` option controls the maximum number of parameters that
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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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								##### 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 `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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								to `application/x-www-form-urlencoded`.
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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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								## 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
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								to determine if the `message` property should be displayed to the client, a
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								`type` property to determine the type of error without matching against the
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								`message`, and a `body` property containing the read body, if available.
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								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
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								This error will occur when the request had a `Content-Encoding` header that
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								contained an encoding but the "inflation" option was set to `false`. The
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								`status` property is set to `415`, the `type` property is set to
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								`'encoding.unsupported'`, and the `charset` property will be set to the
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								encoding that is unsupported.
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								### request aborted
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								This error will occur when the request is aborted by the client before reading
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								the body has finished. The `received` property will be set to the number of
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								bytes received before the request was aborted and the `expected` property is
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								set to the number of expected bytes. The `status` property is set to `400`
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								and `type` property is set to `'request.aborted'`.
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								### request entity too large
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								This error will occur when the request body's size is larger than the "limit"
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								option. The `limit` property will be set to the byte limit and the `length`
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								property will be set to the request body's length. The `status` property is
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								set to `413` and the `type` property is set to `'entity.too.large'`.
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								### request size did not match content length
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								This error will occur when the request's length did not match the length from
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								the `Content-Length` header. This typically occurs when the request is malformed,
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								typically when the `Content-Length` header was calculated based on characters
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								instead of bytes. The `status` property is set to `400` and the `type` property
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								is set to `'request.size.invalid'`.
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								### stream encoding should not be set
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								This error will occur when something called the `req.setEncoding` method prior
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								to this middleware. This module operates directly on bytes only and you cannot
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								call `req.setEncoding` when using this module. The `status` property is set to
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								`500` and the `type` property is set to `'stream.encoding.set'`.
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								### too many parameters
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								This error will occur when the content of the request exceeds the configured
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								`parameterLimit` for the `urlencoded` parser. The `status` property is set to
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								`413` and the `type` property is set to `'parameters.too.many'`.
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								### unsupported charset "BOGUS"
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								This error will occur when the request had a charset parameter in the
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								`Content-Type` header, but the `iconv-lite` module does not support it OR the
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								parser does not support it. The charset is contained in the message as well
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								as in the `charset` property. The `status` property is set to `415`, the
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								`type` property is set to `'charset.unsupported'`, and the `charset` property
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								is set to the charset that is unsupported.
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								### unsupported content encoding "bogus"
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								This error will occur when the request had a `Content-Encoding` header that
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								contained an unsupported encoding. The encoding is contained in the message
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								as well as in the `encoding` property. The `status` property is set to `415`,
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								the `type` property is set to `'encoding.unsupported'`, and the `encoding`
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								property is set to the encoding that is unsupported.
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								## Examples
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								### Express/Connect top-level generic
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								This example demonstrates adding a generic JSON and URL-encoded parser as a
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								top-level middleware, which will parse the bodies of all incoming requests.
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								This is the simplest setup.
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								```js
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								var express = require('express')
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								var bodyParser = require('body-parser')
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								var app = express()
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								// parse application/x-www-form-urlencoded
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								app.use(bodyParser.urlencoded({ extended: false }))
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								// parse application/json
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								app.use(bodyParser.json())
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								app.use(function (req, res) {
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								  res.setHeader('Content-Type', 'text/plain')
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								  res.write('you posted:\n')
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								  res.end(JSON.stringify(req.body, null, 2))
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								})
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								```
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								### Express route-specific
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								This example demonstrates adding body parsers specifically to the routes that
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								need them. In general, this is the most recommended way to use body-parser with
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								Express.
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								```js
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								var express = require('express')
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								var bodyParser = require('body-parser')
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								var app = express()
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								// create application/json parser
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								var jsonParser = bodyParser.json()
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								// create application/x-www-form-urlencoded parser
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								var urlencodedParser = bodyParser.urlencoded({ extended: false })
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								// POST /login gets urlencoded bodies
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								app.post('/login', urlencodedParser, function (req, res) {
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								  res.send('welcome, ' + req.body.username)
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								})
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								// POST /api/users gets JSON bodies
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								app.post('/api/users', jsonParser, function (req, res) {
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								  // create user in req.body
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								})
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								```
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								### Change accepted type for parsers
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								All the parsers accept a `type` option which allows you to change the
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								`Content-Type` that the middleware will parse.
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								```js
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								var express = require('express')
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								var bodyParser = require('body-parser')
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								var app = express()
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								// parse various different custom JSON types as JSON
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								app.use(bodyParser.json({ type: 'application/*+json' }))
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								// parse some custom thing into a Buffer
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								app.use(bodyParser.raw({ type: 'application/vnd.custom-type' }))
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								// parse an HTML body into a string
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								app.use(bodyParser.text({ type: 'text/html' }))
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								```
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								## License
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								[MIT](LICENSE)
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								[npm-image]: https://img.shields.io/npm/v/body-parser.svg
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								[npm-url]: https://npmjs.org/package/body-parser
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								[travis-image]: https://img.shields.io/travis/expressjs/body-parser/master.svg
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								[travis-url]: https://travis-ci.org/expressjs/body-parser
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								[coveralls-image]: https://img.shields.io/coveralls/expressjs/body-parser/master.svg
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								[coveralls-url]: https://coveralls.io/r/expressjs/body-parser?branch=master
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								[downloads-image]: https://img.shields.io/npm/dm/body-parser.svg
							 | 
						||
| 
								 | 
							
								[downloads-url]: https://npmjs.org/package/body-parser
							 |