Wrong input handling in server/app.ts

[YggdrasiI]

Hello Bagbag,

I've think that an app interface can not be used because JSON.parse is called twice.
From server/app.ts:

app.post('/api/query', (req, res) => {
    res.header('Access-Control-Allow-Origin', '*');

    let query;
    try {
      **query = JSON.parse(req.body);**
    } catch (e) {
      res.status(400).json({
        result: null,
        err: [e.message]
      });
      return;
    }
[…]
}

Here, req.body seems to be already decoded. I've get

curl -d '{}' "https://mediathekviewweb.de/api/query"
{"result":null,"err":["Unexpected token o in JSON at position 1"]}

Regards YggdrasiI

[bagbag]

I guess you're right. As a workaround for now you can set the Content-Type header to text/plain.

curl -d '{}' -H "Content-Type: text/plain" "https://mediathekviewweb.de/api/query"

[YggdrasiI]

Thanks, I've tested the workaround and got search results. (Meanwhile I (re-)detect how to use the socketIO-approach, but getting information with a simple request is still more likeable. :))