I wanted to test some api on my local express server using curl and json formated datas, following curl documentation, like :
curl -v -k https://www.localhost.fr/api/test -H 'Content-Type:application/json' -d '{"test":"test"}'No json parsed in express and exposed headers are wrong :
''Content-Type' 'application/json''
I removed quotes from Content-type, headers are correct but now express.json() middleware send an error :
Unexpected token ‘ in JSON at position 0
I tried to rewrite datas :
{"test":"test"}
{test:test}
"test"
"{'test':'test'}"..etc I think I tried all ways i could to write them..
only {} an “{}” don’t throw parse error
I tried then to look at what express receive as datas using middleware raw(), on top of json’s one, and I get nothing to parse, no body, no datas. (second issue/misunderstanding here)
I specify everything works fine outside curl (react app using fetch).
curl 7.79.1, nodejs 16, express 4
Somebody ran into this issue? curl is a cool tool, but i’m really confused here.. ;(, Thanks in advance!
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On Windows, you must use double quotes: curl -H "Content-Type:application/json" -d "{"test": "test"}" ...
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