I have a Hapi route that accepts a POST call, but the request returns a null value for the payload.

server.route({
    method: ['POST', 'PUT'],
    path: '/create_note',
    handler: function (request, reply) {
        console.log(request.payload); // returns `null`
        return reply(request.payload);
    }
});

I'm using Postman to send a POST call to http://localhost:8000/create_note?name=test.

In the handler function, console.log(request.payload) returns null.

Am I doing something wrong?

I have a Hapi route that accepts a POST call, but the request returns a null value for the payload.

server.route({
    method: ['POST', 'PUT'],
    path: '/create_note',
    handler: function (request, reply) {
        console.log(request.payload); // returns `null`
        return reply(request.payload);
    }
});

I'm using Postman to send a POST call to http://localhost:8000/create_note?name=test.

In the handler function, console.log(request.payload) returns null.

Am I doing something wrong?

• javascript
• hapi.js

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• payload is the request body, unless you're sending a request body through Postman, null is the expected value. – Matt Harrison Commented May 2, 2016 at 16:38

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You are passing query string parameters with ?name=test, not the POST request payload.

You can access the query parameters by referencing request.query.

An HTTP request to http://localhost:8000/create_note?name=test will yield:

console.log(request.query); // {name: 'test'}