How to disable Express BodyParser for file uploads (Node.js)

Question

This seems like it should be a fairly simple question, but I\'m having a really hard time figuring out how to approach it.

I\'m using Node.js + Express to build a we

Answer 1

If the need for body parsing depends only on the route itself, the simplest thing is to use bodyParser as a route middleware function on only the routes that need it rather than using it app-wide:

var express=require('express');
var app=express.createServer();
app.post('/body', express.bodyParser(), function(req, res) {
    res.send(typeof(req.body), {'Content-Type': 'text/plain'});
});
app.post('/nobody', function(req, res) {
    res.send(typeof(req.body), {'Content-Type': 'text/plain'});
});
app.listen(2484);