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title: Use body-parser to Parse POST Requests
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## Use body-parser to Parse POST Requests

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The body-parser should already be added to your project if you used the provided boilerplate, but if not it should be there as:

```json
"dependencies": {
    "body-parser": "^1.4.3",
    ...
```

All you need to do for this challenge is pass the middleware to app.use(). Make sure it comes before the paths it needs to be used on. Remember that body-parser returns with `bodyParser.urlencoded({extended: false})`. Use the following as a template:

```javascript
//app.use(middleware-function);
app.use(bodyParser.urlencoded({ extended: false }));

```

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