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Express.js endpoint to parse JSON payloads via POST request and execute bash strings on the server
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commandant.js
app.post('/command', function(req, res, next) {
var b = req.body,
payload = JSON.parse(b),
spawn = require(‘child_process’).spawn;
spawn(‘sh’, [-c, payload.command], { stdio: ‘inherit’ });
next();
});
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