generic body parser

squashed the following commits:

Added support for external parsers to bodyParser.json()

removed test dependency on json-bigint

reworked doc to describe json parser() func better

added parser() option and doc for .text()

added parser() option and doc for .raw()

added parser() option and doc for .urlencoded()

cleanup to satisfy linter

added generic parser

converted json parser to use generic parser

converted raw parser to use generic parser

converted text parser to use generic parser

converted urlencoded parser to use generic parser

cleanup / fix linter warnings

removed items from README

added bodyParser.generic() getter

cleanup / fix linter warnings

fixed tests after rebase

satisfying linter

Ref'd genParser via the bodyparser getter to signal how third party parsers should import genParser'

removed dep on object-assign, which didnt support node < 0.10

minor text cleanup

🔧 add debug script

🐛 fix object merging

🔥 clean up

💚 remove node < 4 from CI

Co-authored-by: S Dellysse <sdellysse@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: ctcpip <ctcpip@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Phillip9587 <barta.phillip@gmail.com>

Author: 3 people

README.md

@@ -88,16 +88,27 @@ specifies the number of bytes; if it is a string, the value is passed to the
 [bytes](https://www.npmjs.com/package/bytes) library for parsing. Defaults
 to `'100kb'`.
 
+##### parser
+
+The `parser` option is the function called against the request body to convert
+it to a Javascript object. If a `reviver` is supplied, it is supplied as the
+second argument to this function.
+
+```
+parser(body, reviver) -> req.body
+```
+
+Defaults to `JSON.parse`.
+
 ##### reviver
 
-The `reviver` option is passed directly to `JSON.parse` as the second
-argument. You can find more information on this argument
+You can find more information on this argument
 [in the MDN documentation about JSON.parse](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/JSON/parse#Example.3A_Using_the_reviver_parameter).
 
 ##### strict
 
 When set to `true`, will only accept arrays and objects; when `false` will
-accept anything `JSON.parse` accepts. Defaults to `true`.
+accept anything the `parser` accepts. Defaults to `true`.
 
 ##### type
 
@@ -290,11 +301,20 @@ of `✓`. Defaults to `false`.
 Whether to decode numeric entities such as `☺` when parsing an iso-8859-1
 form. Defaults to `false`.
 
-
 #### depth
 
 The `depth` option is used to configure the maximum depth of the `qs` library when `extended` is `true`. This allows you to limit the amount of keys that are parsed and can be useful to prevent certain types of abuse. Defaults to `32`. It is recommended to keep this value as low as possible.
 
+##### parser
+
+The `parser` option, if supplied, is used to in place of the default parser to
+convert the request body into a Javascript object. If this option is supplied,
+both the `extended` and `parameterLimit` options are ignored.
+
+```
+parser(body) -> req.body
+```
+
 ## Errors
 
 The middlewares provided by this module create errors using the

lib/generic-parser.js

@@ -0,0 +1,160 @@
+/*!
+ * body-parser
+ * Copyright(c) 2014 Jonathan Ong
+ * Copyright(c) 2014-2015 Douglas Christopher Wilson
+ * MIT Licensed
+ */
+
+'use strict'
+
+/**
+ * Module dependencies.
+ * @private
+ */
+
+var bytes = require('bytes')
+var contentType = require('content-type')
+var createError = require('http-errors')
+var debug = require('debug')('body-parser:generic')
+var isFinished = require('on-finished').isFinished
+var read = require('./read')
+var typeis = require('type-is')
+
+/**
+ * Module exports.
+ */
+
+module.exports = generic
+
+/**
+ * Use this to create a middleware that parses request bodies
+ *
+ * @param {object} [options]
+ * @return {function}
+ * @public
+ */
+
+function generic (parserOptions, parserOverrides) {
+  // Squash the options and the overrides down into one object
+  var opts = Object.create(parserOptions)
+  Object.assign(opts, parserOverrides)
+
+  var limit = typeof opts.limit !== 'number'
+    ? bytes.parse(opts.limit || '100kb')
+    : opts.limit
+  var charset = opts.charset
+  var inflate = opts.inflate !== false
+  var verify = opts.verify || false
+  var parse = opts.parse || defaultParse
+  var defaultReqCharset = opts.defaultCharset || 'utf-8'
+  var type = opts.type
+
+  if (verify !== false && typeof verify !== 'function') {
+    throw new TypeError('option verify must be function')
+  }
+
+  // create the appropriate type checking function
+  var shouldParse = typeof type !== 'function'
+    ? typeChecker(type)
+    : type
+
+  // create the appropriate charset validating function
+  var validCharset = typeof charset !== 'function'
+    ? charsetValidator(charset)
+    : charset
+
+  return function genericParser (req, res, next) {
+    if (isFinished(req)) {
+      debug('body already parsed')
+      next()
+      return
+    }
+
+    if (!('body' in req)) {
+      req.body = undefined
+    }
+
+    // skip requests without bodies
+    if (!typeis.hasBody(req)) {
+      debug('skip empty body')
+      next()
+      return
+    }
+
+    debug('content-type %j', req.headers['content-type'])
+
+    // determine if request should be parsed
+    if (!shouldParse(req)) {
+      debug('skip parsing')
+      next()
+      return
+    }
+
+    // assert charset per RFC 7159 sec 8.1
+    var reqCharset = null
+    if (charset !== undefined) {
+      reqCharset = getCharset(req) || defaultReqCharset
+      if (!validCharset(reqCharset)) {
+        debug('invalid charset')
+        next(createError(415, 'unsupported charset "' + reqCharset.toUpperCase() + '"', {
+          charset: reqCharset,
+          type: 'charset.unsupported'
+        }))
+        return
+      }
+    }
+
+    // read
+    read(req, res, next, parse, debug, {
+      encoding: reqCharset,
+      inflate: inflate,
+      limit: limit,
+      verify: verify
+    })
+  }
+}
+
+function defaultParse (buf) {
+  return buf
+}
+
+/**
+ * Get the charset of a request.
+ *
+ * @param {object} req
+ * @api private
+ */
+
+function getCharset (req) {
+  try {
+    return (contentType.parse(req).parameters.charset || '').toLowerCase()
+  } catch (e) {
+    return undefined
+  }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Get the simple type checker.
+ *
+ * @param {string} type
+ * @return {function}
+ */
+
+function typeChecker (type) {
+  return function checkType (req) {
+    return Boolean(typeis(req, type))
+  }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Get the simple charset validator.
+ *
+ * @param {string} type
+ * @return {function}
+ */
+
+function charsetValidator (charset) {
+  return function validateCharset (reqCharset) {
+    return charset === reqCharset
+  }
+}