Req.body of a twilio webhook request is undefined node js-CodePudding

I tried following this twilio article:

https://www.twilio.com/blog/parsing-an-incoming-twilio-sms-webhook-with-node-js

The following is my server in its entirety

// Imports
const http = require('http')
const express = require('express')
const app = express()
const port = 80
const MessagingResponse = require('twilio').twiml.MessagingResponse;
// Static Files
app.use(express.static('public'))

// Set views
app.set('views', './views')

app.post('/sms', (req, res) => {
    const twiml = new MessagingResponse();

    // Access the message body and the number it was sent from.
    console.log(req.IncomingMessage.body)


    res.writeHead(200, {'Content-Type': 'text/xml'});
    res.end(twiml.toString());
});

// Listen on port
app.listen(port, () => {
    console.log(`Running on port ${port}`)
})

I have the webhook of my twilio phone posting to "http://{domain}.com/sms"

Every time I send a text to my twilio phone, I get the following error:

TypeError: Cannot read property 'body' of undefined
    at app.post (/home/ubuntu/{domain}/server.js:24:37)
    at Layer.handle [as handle_request] (/home/ubuntu/{domain}/node_modules/express/lib/router/layer.js:95:5)
    at next (/home/ubuntu/{domain}/node_modules/express/lib/router/route.js:137:13)
    at Route.dispatch (/home/ubuntu/{domain}/node_modules/express/lib/router/route.js:112:3)
    at Layer.handle [as handle_request] (/home/ubuntu/{domain}/node_modules/express/lib/router/layer.js:95:5)
    at /home/ubuntu/{domain/node_modules/express/lib/router/index.js:281:22
    at Function.process_params (/home/ubuntu/{domain}/node_modules/express/lib/router/index.js:335:12)
    at next (/home/ubuntu/{domain}/node_modules/express/lib/router/index.js:275:10)
    at serveStatic (/home/ubuntu/{domain}/node_modules/serve-static/index.js:75:16)
    at Layer.handle [as handle_request] (/home/ubuntu/{domain}/node_modules/express/lib/router/layer.js:95:5)

CodePudding user response：

I don't think the req object has any property called IncomingMessage. Instead you could try:

console.log(`Incoming message from ${req.body.From}: ${req.body.Body}`);

So based on the twilio specs, the endpoint would look like:

app.post('/sms', (req, res) => {
  const twiml = new MessagingResponse();

  // Access the message body and the number it was sent from.
  console.log(`Incoming message from ${req.body.From}: ${req.body.Body}`);

  res.writeHead(200, {'Content-Type': 'text/xml'});
  res.end(twiml.toString());
});

Since the message body is in the req.body.Body parameter, so console logging this property will show you the message text.

CodePudding user response：

I'm not sure if this is correct but when I'm using express I use req.body.IncomingMessage

console.log(req.body.IncomingMessage)

If doesn't work please don't down vote. Just comment and I'll delete answer