How do I access this body data in nodejs?

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I'm working on Apple MDM, when a device contacts my server and I dump the request, I can see this (among other things):

 _contentType: 'application/x-apple-aspen-mdm-checkin',
  body: <Buffer 03 04 05 06 07 ...>,

I am using restify and restify bodyParser()

I have obfuscated the actual hex. Now, when I convert the hex to ascii I can see this body string is the very beginning of a PLIST, but not the whole PLIST.

It looks like this:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>?<!DOCTYPE pl

How can I access all of the data, is it in a buffer or something? I am new to nodeJS, so I don't really know how to go about accessing it.

I'm just taking what was logged, which is I take the hex, and put it into a hex to ascii converter and see what is displayed. — user602525, Apr 01 '14 at 18:12
What is displayed is not the sum total of what is there. Try `body.toString()` — Dancrumb, Apr 01 '14 at 18:16
Cool... I added this as the answer... please accept when you get the chance. — Dancrumb, Apr 02 '14 at 18:30

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 02 '14 at 18:30

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When you look at data on the console, what you're seeing is some interpretation that your debugger has chosen to use. For large items, this is often a truncated representation.

body.toString()

will do a full conversion for you.

answered Apr 02 '14 at 18:30

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How do I access this body data in nodejs?

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