Improve ESM compatibility

HISTORY.md

@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+unreleased
+========================
+
+* fix: use static exports instead of lazy getters to improve ESM compatibility
+* feat: add subpath exports for individual parsers
+
 2.2.2 / 2026-01-07
 =========================
 

README.md

@@ -51,7 +51,14 @@ $ npm install body-parser
 ## API
 
 ```js
+// Import all parsers
 const bodyParser = require('body-parser')
+
+// Or import individual parsers directly
+const json = require('body-parser/json')
+const urlencoded = require('body-parser/urlencoded')
+const raw = require('body-parser/raw')
+const text = require('body-parser/text')
 ```
 
 The `bodyParser` object exposes various factories to create middlewares. All

index.js

@@ -24,41 +24,25 @@ exports = module.exports = bodyParser
  * JSON parser.
  * @public
  */
-Object.defineProperty(exports, 'json', {
-  configurable: true,
-  enumerable: true,
-  get: () => require('./lib/types/json')
-})
+exports.json = require('./lib/types/json')
 
 /**
  * Raw parser.
  * @public
  */
-Object.defineProperty(exports, 'raw', {
-  configurable: true,
-  enumerable: true,
-  get: () => require('./lib/types/raw')
-})
+exports.raw = require('./lib/types/raw')
 
 /**
  * Text parser.
  * @public
  */
-Object.defineProperty(exports, 'text', {
-  configurable: true,
-  enumerable: true,
-  get: () => require('./lib/types/text')
-})
+exports.text = require('./lib/types/text')
 
 /**
  * URL-encoded parser.
  * @public
  */
-Object.defineProperty(exports, 'urlencoded', {
-  configurable: true,
-  enumerable: true,
-  get: () => require('./lib/types/urlencoded')
-})
+exports.urlencoded = require('./lib/types/urlencoded')
 
 /**
  * Create a middleware to parse json and urlencoded bodies.

package.json

@@ -12,6 +12,18 @@
     "type": "opencollective",
     "url": "https://opencollective.com/express"
   },
+  "exports": {
+    ".": "./index.js",
+    "./package.json": "./package.json",
+    "./json": "./lib/types/json.js",
+    "./raw": "./lib/types/raw.js",
+    "./text": "./lib/types/text.js",
+    "./urlencoded": "./lib/types/urlencoded.js",
+    "./lib/*": "./lib/*.js",
+    "./lib/*.js": "./lib/*.js",
+    "./lib/types/*": "./lib/types/*.js",
+    "./lib/types/*.js": "./lib/types/*.js"
+  },
   "dependencies": {
     "bytes": "^3.1.2",
     "content-type": "^1.0.5",