NestJS · Junior · Question 17 of 75

How do you read the JSON body of a POST request in a controller?

✓Correct answer: With the @Body() parameter decorator, usually typed with a DTO class
2With @Param()
3With req.json() only

Explanation

@Body() dto: CreateUserDto. @Query() reads query strings, @Param() route params, @Headers() headers.

Further reading

NestJS: Controllers ↗

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