Cannot access Request Body in FoalTS hooks

I am trying to log request data from an API endpoint to ensure we have periodic backups for when the database crashes in between backup intervals. A logging hook has been created and attached to the controller where I access the Context variable as ctx. I have been able to access the request user through ctx.user but the body is undefined whenever I try to access it through ctx.request.body

To my knowledge vanilla JS requests have a .clone() method that clones the request because the request body is destroyed on use. My approach is to make a hook that logs the data in a file and writes to disk but so far the body showing up empty in the logging hook.

attempts to resolve:

copy context as in ctx2 = ctx and use ctx2 in the controller
copy context as in ctx2 = { ...ctx } and use ctx2in the controller
read node docs, no reference of a clone method.
set ctx.body to the body variable being used in the controller

is there anything being overlooked?

Solution

It looks like you're accessing the request body using the wrong key.

The request body is accessible through ctx.request.body and not ctx.body. 👍