Koa types

[mbhaskar98]

Bug report

Required System information

• Node.js version: 18.16.1
• NPM version: 9.8.0
• Strapi version: 4.13.7
• Database: mysql2
• Operating system: darwin-x64
• Is your project Javascript or Typescript: Typescript

Describe the bug

To get auto complete for context object (type Koa context) in controllers or middlewares I installed @types/Koa. The body object according to Koa Context type is available directly with the context object but the at runtime it is undefined. At runtime the body is found under ctx.request.body["data"] but accoeding to Koa Context there is no body object under request object.

Expected behavior

Is TypeScript with Koa available? Is the context object actualy Koa context?

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[nick-aj]

Hello @Madanpurohit,

Thank for submitting this issue with us, we can confirm that we were able to reproduce it.
Here are my details:
For the following extended core controller:

module.exports = createCoreController('api::order.order', ({ strapi }) => ({

        async createCompleteOrder(ctx, next) {

            // Order Fields: products, owner, cofirmed, confirmation_data
            // TODO (Implement isOwner policy)
            const user = ctx.state.user;
            const order = await strapi.entityService.create("api::order.order", {
                data: {
                    products: ctx.request.body.products,
                    owner: user.id
                }
            });

The following error is thrown:

Property 'body' does not exist on type 'Request'.ts(2339)

[hekmatnajafi]

a quick fix for me was npm install --save-dev @types/koa-bodyparser

[Duplicated]

Not to mention that the dev doc is misleading too: https://docs.strapi.io/dev-docs/backend-customization/requests-responses#ctxrequest

Or maybe this should go into a separate issue for documentation?