Parse application/json as JSON and expose as req.body

package.json

@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
   },
   "homepage": "https://github.com/lukechilds/create-test-server",
   "dependencies": {
+    "body-parser": "^1.18.2",
     "create-cert": "^1.0.2",
     "express": "^4.15.3",
     "pify": "^3.0.0"

src/index.js

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ const https = require('https');
 const express = require('express');
 const pify = require('pify');
 const createCert = require('create-cert');
+const bodyParser = require('body-parser');
 
 const createTestServer = opts => createCert(opts && opts.certificate)
 	.then(keys => {
@@ -23,6 +24,7 @@ const createTestServer = opts => createCert(opts && opts.certificate)
 		};
 
 		app.set('etag', false);
+		app.use(bodyParser.json({ type: 'application/json' }));
 
 		app.caCert = keys.caCert;
 

test/create-test-server.js

@@ -78,6 +78,21 @@ test('server listens for SSL traffic', async t => {
 	t.is(body, 'bar');
 });
 
+test('server automatically parses JSON request body', async t => {
+	const server = await createTestServer();
+	const object = { foo: 'bar' };
+
+	server.post('/echo', (req, res) => {
+		t.deepEqual(req.body, object);
+		res.end();
+	});
+
+	await got.post(server.url + '/echo', {
+		headers: { 'content-type': 'application/json' },
+		body: JSON.stringify(object)
+	});
+});
+
 test('opts.certificate is passed through to createCert()', async t => {
 	const server = await createTestServer({ certificate: 'foo.bar' });