json-request-handler

A function to accept a JSON request http body.

var jsonRequest = require('json-request-handler')

var handler = jsonRequest(function(req, res){

  // req.jsonBody is populated with the processed body
  var prop = req.jsonBody.prop

}, function(err, req, res){

  // if you define this function it means don't automatically
  // handle errors and return the error here instead
  res.end(err.toString())

})

var server = http.createServer(handler)

server.listen(80)

install

$ npm install json-request-handler

test

$ npm test

API

jsonRequest(fn, errorfn)

You pass a handler function that will be called once the HTTP request body has been processed. The handler function is called with the same arguments as it would have been - for example:

var handler = jsonRequest(function(req, res, opts, cb){

  // opts and cb are arguments populated by whatever router you are using

})

error handler

If there is an error processing the JSON body - a statusCode 500 will be written and the error written as the response body.

Setting the errorfn function means the automatic error handling is disabled and the error (along with the other arguments) is passed in.

var handler = jsonRequest(function(req, res, opts, cb){ }, function(err, req, res, opts, cb){ // here we handle the error manually })

Licence

MIT