body-parser
Express.js middleware for parsing request bodies in various formats.
HTTP servers and APIs npm MIT
Used in agent projects
78
0.6% of 12,697 public repos built with AI coding agents
Rank in http servers and apis
#13 of 30
by use in those projects
Downloads
148M
npm, last 7 days, body-parser
GitHub stars
5,497
last push Oct 2, 2026
How body-parser is used
body-parser is a dependency in 78 of the 12,697 public GitHub projects set up for AI coding agents that we scanned (0.6%), #13 of 30 in http servers and apis. The most used alternative there is Express. Projects that use it most often also use Express (96.2%), cors (65.4%), dotenv (53.8%).
Often used with body-parser
| Express | 96.2% of body-parser projects · 14.9× more than average |
|---|---|
| cors | 65.4% of body-parser projects · 19.7× more than average |
| dotenv | 53.8% of body-parser projects · 3.4× more than average |
| Solana Web3.js | 55.1% of body-parser projects · 3.3× more than average |
| Axios | 35.9% of body-parser projects · 3.6× more than average |
| nodemon | 28.2% of body-parser projects · 16.0× more than average |
| jsonwebtoken | 20.5% of body-parser projects · 10.8× more than average |
| Mongoose | 19.2% of body-parser projects · 17.2× more than average |
By coding agent
| Claude Code | 0.4% of projects set up for it |
|---|---|
| GitHub Copilot | 0.3% of projects set up for it |
| Cursor | 0.4% of projects set up for it |
Share of public repos configured for each agent that list body-parser as a dependency.
Install
| Package | npm install body-parser |
|---|---|
| Main stacks | TypeScript / JavaScript (68), Next.js (5), Python (2), Rust (2) |
| Example projects | huszy/badgun, fountain-ink/app, noateden/rantom, alkem-io/server, IAmAlexander/readwise-mcp |
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