Feature/eliminate body-parser (#4155)

* Eliminate body-parser in favor of using @nestjs/platform-express

* Update changelog

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 - Improved support for automatic deletion of unused asset profiles when deleting activities
 - Improved the language localization for German (`de`)
+- Eliminated `body-parser` in favor of using `@nestjs/platform-express`
 - Upgraded the _Stripe_ dependencies
 - Upgraded `angular` from version `18.2.8` to `19.0.5`
 - Upgraded `husky` from version `9.1.6` to `9.1.7`

apps/api/src/main.ts

@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ import {
 import { ConfigService } from '@nestjs/config';
 import { NestFactory } from '@nestjs/core';
 import type { NestExpressApplication } from '@nestjs/platform-express';
-import { json } from 'body-parser';
 import helmet from 'helmet';
 
 import { AppModule } from './app/app.module';
@@ -48,7 +47,7 @@ async function bootstrap() {
   );
 
   // Support 10mb csv/json files for importing activities
-  app.use(json({ limit: '10mb' }));
+  app.useBodyParser('json', { limit: '10mb' });
 
   if (configService.get<string>('ENABLE_FEATURE_SUBSCRIPTION') === 'true') {
     app.use(

package-lock.json

@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@
         "@stripe/stripe-js": "5.4.0",
         "alphavantage": "2.2.0",
         "big.js": "6.2.2",
-        "body-parser": "1.20.2",
         "bootstrap": "4.6.0",
         "bull": "4.16.2",
         "cache-manager": "5.7.6",
@@ -127,7 +126,6 @@
         "@storybook/core-server": "8.4.7",
         "@trivago/prettier-plugin-sort-imports": "4.3.0",
         "@types/big.js": "6.2.2",
-        "@types/body-parser": "1.19.5",
         "@types/cache-manager": "4.0.6",
         "@types/color": "3.0.6",
         "@types/google-spreadsheet": "3.1.5",

package.json

@@ -92,7 +92,6 @@
     "@stripe/stripe-js": "5.4.0",
     "alphavantage": "2.2.0",
     "big.js": "6.2.2",
-    "body-parser": "1.20.2",
     "bootstrap": "4.6.0",
     "bull": "4.16.2",
     "cache-manager": "5.7.6",
@@ -173,7 +172,6 @@
     "@storybook/core-server": "8.4.7",
     "@trivago/prettier-plugin-sort-imports": "4.3.0",
     "@types/big.js": "6.2.2",
-    "@types/body-parser": "1.19.5",
     "@types/cache-manager": "4.0.6",
     "@types/color": "3.0.6",
     "@types/google-spreadsheet": "3.1.5",