JSON Parsing

Newgate automatically parses JSON request bodies when the Content-Type header is set to application/json.

Usage

app.post('/data', (req, res) => {
  // req.body is already an object
  const { name, email } = req.body;
  res.json({ received: name });
});

Error Handling

If the JSON is invalid, Newgate will throw a 400 Bad Request error. You can catch this with error middleware if needed, but it's handled automatically by default.

// Example validation manual check
app.post('/strict-json', (req, res) => {
    if (req.bodyType !== 'json') {
        return res.status(400).send('JSON required');
    }
    // ...
});