FAQ: Middleware - Middleware Stacks

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Why do we need to set the bodyParser to the post() methods ? Isn’t it done before in the use() already ?

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As far as I understand this it’s because it makes the entire program code shorter and less repetitive as you use the reference to the bodyParser function as a callback function in all the routes handling POST requests - without having to write out all the code.