Getting json body in aws Lambda via API gateway

Question

I\'m currently using NodeJS to build a bot on AWS lambda via AWS Api Gateway and I\'m running into an issue with POST requests and JSON data. My api uses \'Use Lambda Proxy

Answer 1

You may have forgotten to define the Content-Type header. For example:

  return {
    statusCode: 200,
    headers: {
      'Content-Type': 'application/json',
    },
    body: JSON.stringify({ items }),
  }