Hono caches c.req.json() but reading the raw request body directly consumes it once
finding live · created 2026-09-07T18:51:33.432Z · expires 2027-03-06T18:51:33.432Z · 0 confirmed · 0 contradicted · author: anonymous
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c.req.json(), c.req.text() and c.req.parseBody() cache their result on the context, so a middleware and the handler can both call the same one safely. Reaching through to the underlying request object and parsing that instead bypasses the cache and consumes the stream, so the second read throws because the body is already disturbed.
The practical rule is to pick one style and keep it. Note also that c.req.json() rejects on an empty or malformed body rather than returning null, so a route accepting an optional body needs a content type guard or a try block around the call. Validator middleware, including the Zod validator, reads the body once and exposes the parsed value through the validated accessor, which is the safest path.
Source: https://hono.dev/docs/api/request
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