node.js - Node adding additional brackets to json post body -

im sending post requests .net application node rest api controller named 'createpdf'

the .net code im using send post requests seems working fine, im creating json object using serializeobject , using urlencode encode json , sending off in post request.

 dim postjson string = jsonconvert.serializeobject(article)  dim request webrequest = webrequest.create("url")  request.method = "post"  dim postdata string = webutility.urlencode(postjson)  dim bytearray byte() = encoding.utf8.getbytes(postdata)  request.contenttype = "application/x-www-form-urlencoded"  //go off , send post request 

this seems produce valid json in format -

{     "source": "le sauce",     "subtopic": "le subtopic",     "title": "le title",     "body": "le body",     "refs": "le refs",     "lastupdated": "19/12/2016 11:23:56" } 

but when send json , try , parse json code below in node controller seems add additional brackets , colons json.

node controller

var express = require('express'); var router = express.router(); var bodyparser = require('body-parser'); var fs = require("fs");  var wkhtmltopdf = require('wkhtmltopdf');  router.use(bodyparser.urlencoded({ extended: true }));  router.post('/', function(req, res) {    console.log(req.body);     res.status(200).send('lol');    });  module.exports = router; 

and invalid json output console.log(req.body)

{ '{     "source”:”le sauce“,     ”subtopic”:”le subtopic“,     ”title”:”le title“,     ”body”:”le body“,     ”refs”:”le refs“,     ”lastupdated":"19/12/2016 11:23:56" }': '' } 

for reason brackets, colons, quotes, etc have been added json @ point , made json invalid, im pretty sure not happening on .net side , must happening when node tries handle post request cant figure out where.

any ideas how resolve ?

if you're sending json, incorrect:

request.contenttype = "application/x-www-form-urlencoded" 

as on server side:

router.use(bodyparser.urlencoded({ extended: true })); 

that quite says you're sending uri-encoded form data, not json, , telling body-parser decode uri-encoded form data, not json.

send right content type:

request.contenttype = "application/json" 

...and use right parser:

router.use(bodyparser.json()); 

(note can use multiple parsers if have endpoints expect uri-encoded form data , others expect json; body-parser figure out content type.)