Node.js how to convert req.body to string

Question

I have tried these questions Converting an object to string and How to convert req.body to string, but unfortunately they didn't solve my problem, I'm posting data using postman and I want to add a string at specific location in received data. but when I tried to do so I either get [object Object] or {} instead of my original body content Here is my code

var express = require("express"),
    bodyParser = require('body-parser');
var app = express();
app.use(bodyParser.text({ type: '*' }));

app.post('/users', function (req, res, body) {
    var newData = `
    func addArtist(){
    //Anything
}
`;
    var body = req.body
    var abc = body.toString();
    var strlen = abc.length;
    var strlen = (strlen - 1);
    var txt2 = abc.slice(0, strlen) + newData + abc.slice(strlen);
    res.send(txt2);
});

app.listen(3000);

req.body is

func anyName(){
    //Body of Function
}

Output is:

[object Object
    func addArtist(){
    //Anything
}]

Expected Output is:

func anyName(){
        //Body of Function
        func addArtist(){
        //Anything
    }
}

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 30 '18 at 21:06

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Try this JSON.stringify(req.body);

Then this to convert back JSON.parse(req.body)

answered Nov 30 '18 at 21:06

caden311

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I already did, it removes content of req.body and puts curly brackets – Usman Hassan Chattha Nov 30 '18 at 21:08
Not sure I understand.. So req.body is an object. And once you do stringify it removes the content of the body? – caden311 Nov 30 '18 at 21:10
when i do console.log(JSON.stringify(req.body)); it shows only { } – Usman Hassan Chattha Nov 30 '18 at 21:13
JSON.stringify(req.body) and JSON.parse(req.body) both returns {} – Usman Hassan Chattha Nov 30 '18 at 21:25
Are you sure your req.body isn't just an empty object? That's what this sounds like. – caden311 Nov 30 '18 at 21:30
Try these settings this.app.use(bodyParser.json({ limit: '50mb' })); this.app.use(bodyParser.urlencoded({ limit: '50mb', extended: true })); – caden311 Nov 30 '18 at 21:32
I'm pretty much sure @caden311 – Usman Hassan Chattha Dec 01 '18 at 11:28

Node.js how to convert req.body to string

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