Error while parsing the json

Question

Error while parsing the json

I have an node js code like this:

app.post('/', function(request, response){
    var data = JSON.parse(request.body)  
});

the line :

var data = JSON.parse(request.body)

does parse the request.

Using curl I do this:

curl -d '{"operation":"test"}' -H "Content-Type: application/json" http://127.0.0.1:3000/

It always return this error:

SyntaxError: Unexpected token o
    at Object.parse (native)
    at /Users/admin/programs/node/test.js:28:18
    at Layer.handle [as handle_request]

whats wrong here?

javascript
json
node.js

Answer 1

This is enough

var data = request.body;

Answer 2

req.body is already parsed. You don't need to parse it. you are applying JSON.parse on a object rather than a string. Thats the reason for the error you are getting.