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CherryPy 18.6.0

Endpoint

@cherrypy.expose
def index(self, *args, **kwargs):
  data = cherrypy.request.params

@cherrypy.expose
@cherrypy.tools.json_in()
def index(self, *args, **kwargs):
  data = cherrypy.request.json

Source code
/cherrypy/cherrypy/cherrypy/_cpreqbody.py

processors = {'application/x-www-form-urlencoded': process_urlencoded,
              'multipart/form-data': process_multipart_form_data,
              'multipart': process_multipart,

/cherrypy/cherrypy/cherrypy/lib/jsontools.py

def json_in(content_type=[ntou('application/json'), ntou('text/javascript')],

Content-Type

application/x-www-form-urlencoded
multipart/form-data
multipart

Multipart Content-Type

Check	Value
Mime-Type	case-sensitive
Multiple boundary	last position
Boundary key	case-insensitive

HTTP Request

POST / HTTP/1.1
Host: localhost
Content-Type: multipart; boundary=yyy; BoUndary=xxx
Content-Length: 67

--xxx
Content-Disposition: form-data; name="test"

test
--xxx--

JSON Content-Type

application/json
text/javascript

HTTP Request

POST / HTTP/1.1
Host: localhost
Content-Type: text/javascript
Content-Length: 13

{"test":true}