http request stalling because of a non empty body??

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Forest yellowjacket posted this in #help-forum

Forest yellowjacketOP

2023-07-06T13:34:38.000Z

i dont actually know how to explain what is happening
if (!(req.method === 'POST')) { res.status(404).end(); return }
this is supposed to prevent any other methods from working other than POST
and it sort of works
if i try a GET request with an empty body: it does return a 404 (intended solution)
if i try a POST request with a body: it does work and returns a 200 (intended solution)
if i try to do a GET request with a body: it does not work???
it stalls
it doesnt log / prints anything to console
it doesnt even finish the request

STEPS TO REPRODUCE:
1. create a new nextjs Project with src/ eslint
2. i dont think this has anything to do with the problem but ill just include it
init a prisma db with vercel postgres
3. i also have the class-validator package just so i can validate the body (it doesnt work even when the validate function is commented out)
4. make a new api endpoint /api/test.ts
5. code:

export default async function handler(
  req: NextApiRequest,
  res: NextApiResponse
) {
  if (!(req.method === 'POST')) { res.status(404); return }
  res.status(200).send("it works"); return
}

6. yarn run dev
7. make a GET request with some body data

Please help im super annoyed at this problem ive been trying to fix it for the last 3 hours

49 Replies

@ts-ignore

2023-07-06T13:35:27.000Z

Get requests can't have any body?

Forest yellowjacketOP

2023-07-06T13:35:46.000Z

yes but in other projects it ussualy doesnt care about the body

@ts-ignore

2023-07-06T13:36:08.000Z

Forest yellowjacketOP

2023-07-06T13:36:51.000Z

i have another nextjs project configured the same way with updated stuff
but it doesnt blame or stall it just sends the 404

i dont know what happened i just dont understand please help

@@ts-ignore Get requests can't have any body?

Forest yellowjacketOP

2023-07-06T13:38:07.000Z

i didnt actually know this thanks btw
but if a get requests cant have body than what happened with my other project

@ts-ignore

2023-07-06T13:38:42.000Z

let me try to reproduce

Forest yellowjacketOP

2023-07-06T13:39:53.000Z

also i assume if a get request cant have a body the request would cancel or error out
but it just doesnt do anything

@Forest yellowjacket also i assume if a get request cant have a body the request would cancel or error out but it just doesnt do anything

@ts-ignore

2023-07-06T13:40:48.000Z

this worked

export default async function handler(req, res) {
  if (!req.method === "POST") {
    res.status(404);
    return
  }
  res.status(200).send("it works");
  return;
}

note that extra pair of brackets in if statement

I removed them and it worked

Forest yellowjacketOP

2023-07-06T13:43:47.000Z

well isnt if (!req.method === "POST")

im pretty sure that means not req.method
like if req.method does exist then reverse it to False
and False is not equal to POST so it deffinetly would send the 200

or am i mistaken??

@Forest yellowjacket well isnt `if (!req.method === "POST")` im pretty sure that means not req.method like if `req.method` does exist then reverse it to `False` and `False` is not equal to `POST` so it deffinetly would send the `200`

@ts-ignore

2023-07-06T13:45:57.000Z

yes lol

req.method is still get but it doesn't throw 404

Forest yellowjacketOP

2023-07-06T13:47:16.000Z

well its supposed to throw a 404

@ts-ignore

2023-07-06T13:47:23.000Z

yes it should

Forest yellowjacketOP

2023-07-06T13:47:29.000Z

what is happening

also i just tested it even more
Now it stalls even without a body

@Forest yellowjacket also i just tested it even more Now it stalls even without a body

@ts-ignore

2023-07-06T13:50:47.000Z

export default async function handler(req, res) {
  if (!(req.method === "POST")) {
    return res.status(404).end();
  }
  return res.status(200).send("it works");
}

here