specified encoding unsupported

Hi, I’m a beginner with nodejs/expressjs and try to run a POST request with body-parser middleware as:

app.use(bodyParser.json({
    inflate: true
}));
app.use(bodyParser.urlencoded({ extended: true, inflate: true }));

but get the error: “specified encoding unsupported”.

the response headers: Connection →keep-alive Content-Length →176 Content-Type →application/json; charset=utf-8 Date →Thu, 06 Oct 2016 06:58:56 GMT X-Powered-By →Express

any idea what had I missed?

[dougwilson]

Hi @greyd we do support allowing the charset to be set in the content-type header, but the header you posted above is actually invalid per the HTTP RFC, you need to remove that trailing ; character, as it signals the start of a new parameter, but since none follows, the assumption is that the header has been truncated.

[greyd]

@dougwilson That works. I never thought that this semicolon could be a problem. Thanks for the explanation.