Supertest: Send json in post

[sirgalleto]

How to send a JSON in a POST request? I'm trying to set the 'content-type' headers but is not working for me.

[mikelax]

Here is a quick example:

  it('should POST JSON', function(done) {
    supertest(app)
      .post('/postjson')
      .send({
        'id': 1,
        'name': 'Mike'
      })
      .set('Content-Type', 'application/json')
      .set('Accept', 'application/json')
      .expect(200)
      .end(function (err, res) {
        if (err) throw err;
        console.log(res.body);
        done();
      });
  });

[sirgalleto]

Oh I found the answer in another question but really thanks @mikelax

[ro-tex]

It would be useful to share a link to the question where you found your answer.

[franz-see]

@sirgalleto reminds me of https://xkcd.com/979/ :)

[lcmartins]

i've got the same problem, my test request:
const body = {
type: 'high',
product: 300
};

const res = await req
.post('/apply')
.send(body)
.set('Content-Type', 'application/json')
.set('Accept', 'application/json')

[lcmartins]

solution:
Put body-parser always after express object and before every routes in main server file like this

var app = express();
app.use(bodyParser.json());
app.use(bodyParser.urlencoded({extended: true}));

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/39470566/request-body-undefined-in-supertest