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I am using SuperAgent to test a Node/Express REST API.

Using .send, the body content is automatically converted to JSON. I would like to send plain text only. Here is an example:

request.post('localhost:3000/api/compile' )
        .send('my example text that gets converted to JSON')
        .set('Content-Type', 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded')

I have tried changing the Content-Type header, but still an object is sent.

How can I force SuperAgent to use plain text only?

UPDATE 1: Adding .type('form') as suggested still defaults to JSON. 

request.post('localhost:3000/api/compile' )
        .type('form')
        .send('my example string')
        .set('Authorization', un+':'+key)
         //.set('Content-Type', 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded')
        .end(function(err, res){
                res.should.have.status(200);
                done();
        });

This gives - 

 object
{ 'my example string': '' }

UPDATE 2: Adding backend code. Could this simply be Express?

app.js

var express = require('express');
var path = require('path');
var favicon = require('static-favicon');
var logger = require('morgan');
var cookieParser = require('cookie-parser');
var bodyParser = require('body-parser');

var routes = require('./routes/index');
var users = require('./routes/users');
var api = require('./routes/api');

var app = express();

// view engine setup
app.set('views', path.join(__dirname, 'views'));
app.set('view engine', 'jade');

app.use(favicon());
app.use(logger('dev'));
app.use(bodyParser.json());
app.use(bodyParser.urlencoded());
app.use(cookieParser());
app.use(express.static(path.join(__dirname, 'public')));

app.use('/', routes);
app.use('/users', users);
app.use('/api', api);

Route:

    router.post('/compile', function(req, res) {
      console.log(typeof(req.body));
      console.log(req.body);

      res.send('respond with a resource');
      res.end();

});

SOLUTION - remove BodyParser:

var express = require('express');
var path = require('path');
var favicon = require('static-favicon');
var logger = require('morgan');
var cookieParser = require('cookie-parser');
var bodyParser = require('body-parser');

var routes = require('./routes/index');
var users = require('./routes/users');
var api = require('./routes/api');

var app = express();

// view engine setup
app.set('views', path.join(__dirname, 'views'));
app.set('view engine', 'jade');

app.use(favicon());
app.use(logger('dev'));
//app.use(bodyParser.json());
//app.use(bodyParser.urlencoded());

app.use (function(req, res, next) {
    var data='';
    req.setEncoding('utf8');
    req.on('data', function(chunk) {
        data += chunk;
    });
    req.on('end', function() {
        req.rawBody = data;
        next();
    });
});

app.use(cookieParser());
app.use(express.static(path.join(__dirname, 'public')));

app.use('/', routes);
app.use('/users', users);
app.use('/api', api);
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1 回答 1

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用于.type('form')表示您已经有数据x-www-form-urlencoded格式。

request.post('localhost:3000/api/compile')
  .type('form')
  .send('username=bob')

在此处查看源代码中的文档。x-www-form-urlencoded 还有一些其他方便的变体。

你的问题有关于text/plainvs.的描述与代码冲突application/x-www-form-urlencoded，但如果你想真正发送纯文本，它是.type('text/plain').

于 2014-05-28T01:50:43.693 回答