Thursday 20 April 2017

Request undefined in Twilio using node.js and express

I created a webhook answering Twilio voice calls.

var router = require('express').Router();
var twilio = require('twilio');

router.post("/voice", (request, response) => {
  // var fs = require('fs');
  // var util = require('util');
  // fs.writeFileSync('./request.json', util.inspect(request.body), 'utf-8');
  console.log(request.body);
  console.log('Call received from ' + request.body.From);
  //twimlAnswer();}

The webhook and the connection work fine, but I am trying to access some of the request parameters usually provided by Twilio inside 'request' (similar way than this example https://www.twilio.com/docs/tutorials/automated-survey-node-express#responding-to-a-phone-call)

I am getting the following log:

Express server listening on port 3000
undefined
TypeError: Cannot read property 'From' of undefined
    at router.post

Do you know why I am not accessing request correctly? Most examples I found have no issue accessing request.body...

Thanks,



via Jose Lopez

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