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JavaScript Express Basics Deeper into Routing with Express Statelessness, Setting and Reading Cookies

Posted by Sunny Chu
Sunny Chu
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Is "cookie-parser" and "body-parser" no longer necessary?

I working with express v4.17.1

And I notice found that I can avoid need of "body-parser" with "express.urlencoded({extended:true})" and avoid "cookie-parser" with "req.cookies".

I am assuming this tutorial is slightly out-dated and that newer version of express solved this issue with native means. Do I have the right idea?

1 Answer

Henry Blandon
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Henry Blandon
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You don't need to install body-parser, is has been deprecated. I think is integrated in express. my vs code don't event recognize it anymore. just use the code below:

app.use(express.json()) // for parsing application/json
app.use(express.urlencoded({ extended: true })) // for parsing application/x-www-form-urlencoded

The code above is from expressjs docs.

I would not say the same thing for cookie-parser.