Using Koa, how do I get post variables

Question

Let's say I want o get a simple variable posted to a Koa app without using an extension, how would I do it?

Within middleware/handler, `this.request` gives you access to the Koa request. But `this.req` gives you access to the underlying raw Node request which has all the information you need. You generally use middleware to parse `this.req`, format it, and move it into `this.request` for consumption by your app. So check out the plain ol `this.req`. — danneu, Jun 25 '14 at 07:39

score 4 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 10 '15 at 14:15

You have to use the official koa-bodyparser module.

Then all the POST parameters will be available in this.request.body.

From the docs:

app.use(function *() {
  // the parsed body will store in this.request.body
  // if nothing was parsed, body will be an empty object {}
  this.body = this.request.body;
});

Using Koa, how do I get post variables

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