What does body-parser do with express?
To handle HTTP POST requests in Express.js version 4 and above, you need to install the middleware module called body-parser. body-parser extracts the entire body portion of an incoming request stream and exposes it on req.body. The middleware was a part of Express.js earlier but now you have to install it separately. This body-parser module parses the JSON, buffer, string and URL encoded data … Read more