---
title: Express
description: Two ways to get the raw body past express.json() — a raw route or captureRawBody.
---

Express is where the [raw body](/docs/concepts/raw-body) bites. Two ways to get
it right:

**Raw route (preferred)**

Mount the webhook route with a raw body *before* any JSON parser:

```ts
import express from 'express'
import { toExpressHandler } from 'webhooks-sdk/express'

app.post('/webhooks/stripe', express.raw({ type: '*/*' }), toExpressHandler(handler))
app.use(express.json())
```

**captureRawBody**

If you can't reorder middleware, capture the bytes before the global
parser consumes them:

```ts
import { captureRawBody, toExpressHandler } from 'webhooks-sdk/express'

app.use(express.json({ verify: captureRawBody }))
app.post('/webhooks/stripe', toExpressHandler(handler))
```

The adapter picks up the untouched bytes from either path.

:::warning[Twilio needs an absolute URL]
Twilio signs your endpoint's full public URL, but Node's `req.url` is just a
path. Behind `toExpressHandler`, configure the
[Twilio provider](/docs/providers/twilio) with an explicit `url` — the SDK throws
a `ConfigurationError` at startup rather than failing every delivery as a
bad signature.
:::