I encountered a problem on my express application, the problem was being unable to get the request body(req.body) after using the <code>app.use(express.urlencoded({extended: false})</code> middleware, this issue persisted for a whole day, I was furious because the tutorial I was following ran cleanly. 
I tried using Postman and I didn't get any errors, I tried console logging the req.body only got an empty object, signifying that my post request wasn't getting through, searched online found solutions that
required my application to use body parser <code>app.use(express.bodyPaser)</code>, which is deprecated and is currently embedded in the urlencoded middleware.
The Solution 
After a little digging, I found out that express introduced the JSON middleware that handles all JSON post request. Immediately after adding<code>app.use(express.json())</code> to my file, BOOOOM! It worked like magic.
I decided to share this solution because it bothered me for sometime and would want to provide solution to others who will encounter same issue.

I encountered a problem on my express application, the problem was being unable to get the request body(req.body) after using the ```app.use(express.urlencoded({extended: false})```  middleware, this issue persisted for a whole day, I was furious because the tutorial I was following ran cleanly. 
I tried using Postman and I didn't get any errors, I tried console logging the req.body only got an empty object, signifying that my post request wasn't getting through, searched online found solutions that
required my application to use body parser ```app.use(express.bodyPaser)```, which is deprecated and is currently embedded in the urlencoded middleware.

The Solution 
After a little digging, I found out that express introduced the JSON middleware that handles all JSON post request. Immediately after adding```app.use(express.json())``` to my file, BOOOOM! It worked like magic.

I decided to share this solution because it bothered me for sometime and would want to provide solution to others who will encounter same issue.

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