expressjs/body-parser

Health v2 · maintenance only

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5500 stars · 763 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded

Node.js body parsing middleware for Express and Connect that parses incoming HTTP request bodies and populates req.body. It provides JSON, raw, text, and URL-encoded form parsers with automatic gzip, brotli, deflate, and zstd inflation.

Use cases

• parse json request bodies in express
• handle urlencoded form submissions in node.js
• populate req.body from http requests
• decompress gzip request bodies in express middleware
• parse raw or text request bodies in node.js

When to choose

• you use Express or Connect and need to parse JSON or URL-encoded request bodies
• you need automatic decompression of compressed request bodies
• you want a battle-tested, standard body parsing middleware

When to avoid

• you need multipart/form-data or file uploads - use multer or busboy instead
• you use a framework that already includes body parsing
• you are not on a Node.js HTTP server stack

Facets

library · maturity stable

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