Add express.json and express.urlencoded to parse bodies

closes #2211

Author: dougwilson

History.md

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ unreleased
 ==========
 
   * Add `"json escape"` setting for `res.json` and `res.jsonp`
+  * Add `express.json` and `express.urlencoded` to parse bodies
   * Improve error message when autoloading invalid view engine
   * Improve error messages when non-function provided as middleware
   * Skip `Buffer` encoding when not generating ETag for small response

examples/auth/index.js

@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
  */
 
 var express = require('../..');
-var bodyParser = require('body-parser');
 var hash = require('pbkdf2-password')()
 var path = require('path');
 var session = require('express-session');
@@ -17,7 +16,7 @@ app.set('views', path.join(__dirname, 'views'));
 
 // middleware
 
-app.use(bodyParser.urlencoded({ extended: false }));
+app.use(express.urlencoded({ extended: false }))
 app.use(session({
   resave: false, // don't save session if unmodified
   saveUninitialized: false, // don't create session until something stored

examples/cookies/index.js

@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ var express = require('../../');
 var app = module.exports = express();
 var logger = require('morgan');
 var cookieParser = require('cookie-parser');
-var bodyParser = require('body-parser');
 
 // custom log format
 if ('test' != process.env.NODE_ENV) app.use(logger(':method :url'));
@@ -18,7 +17,7 @@ if ('test' != process.env.NODE_ENV) app.use(logger(':method :url'));
 app.use(cookieParser('my secret here'));
 
 // parses x-www-form-urlencoded
-app.use(bodyParser.urlencoded({ extended: false }));
+app.use(express.urlencoded({ extended: false }))
 
 app.get('/', function(req, res){
   if (req.cookies.remember) {

examples/mvc/index.js

@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ var express = require('../..');
 var logger = require('morgan');
 var path = require('path');
 var session = require('express-session');
-var bodyParser = require('body-parser');
 var methodOverride = require('method-override');
 
 var app = module.exports = express();
@@ -43,7 +42,7 @@ app.use(session({
 }));
 
 // parse request bodies (req.body)
-app.use(bodyParser.urlencoded({ extended: true }));
+app.use(express.urlencoded({ extended: true }))
 
 // allow overriding methods in query (?_method=put)
 app.use(methodOverride('_method'));

examples/route-separation/index.js

@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ var path = require('path');
 var app = express();
 var logger = require('morgan');
 var cookieParser = require('cookie-parser');
-var bodyParser = require('body-parser');
 var methodOverride = require('method-override');
 var site = require('./site');
 var post = require('./post');
@@ -27,7 +26,7 @@ if (!module.parent) {
 
 app.use(methodOverride('_method'));
 app.use(cookieParser());
-app.use(bodyParser.urlencoded({ extended: true }));
+app.use(express.urlencoded({ extended: true }))
 app.use(express.static(path.join(__dirname, 'public')));
 
 // General

lib/express.js

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
  * Module dependencies.
  */
 
+var bodyParser = require('body-parser')
 var EventEmitter = require('events').EventEmitter;
 var mixin = require('merge-descriptors');
 var proto = require('./application');
@@ -74,16 +75,16 @@ exports.Router = Router;
  * Expose middleware
  */
 
+exports.json = bodyParser.json
 exports.query = require('./middleware/query');
 exports.static = require('serve-static');
+exports.urlencoded = bodyParser.urlencoded
 
 /**
  * Replace removed middleware with an appropriate error message.
  */
 
-[
-  'json',
-  'urlencoded',
+;[
   'bodyParser',
   'compress',
   'cookieSession',

package.json

@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "accepts": "~1.3.4",
     "array-flatten": "1.1.1",
+    "body-parser": "1.18.2",
     "content-disposition": "0.5.2",
     "content-type": "~1.0.4",
     "cookie": "0.3.1",
@@ -59,7 +60,6 @@
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "after": "0.8.2",
-    "body-parser": "1.18.2",
     "cookie-parser": "~1.4.3",
     "cookie-session": "1.3.2",
     "ejs": "2.5.7",

test/req.param.js

@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 
 var express = require('../')
   , request = require('supertest')
-  , bodyParser = require('body-parser')
 
 describe('req', function(){
   describe('.param(name, default)', function(){
@@ -34,7 +33,7 @@ describe('req', function(){
     it('should check req.body', function(done){
       var app = express();
 
-      app.use(bodyParser.json());
+      app.use(express.json())
 
       app.use(function(req, res){
         res.end(req.param('name'));