When no query params are sent, request.params is null instead of {}.

[blindMoe]

When no query params are sent, request.params is null instead of {}.

My route:

{
  method: 'POST',
  path: '/fileUpload',
  config: {
    handler: Handlers.fileUpload, 
    validate: {
      payload: {
        name: Hapi.types.String().required(),
        id: Hapi.types.Number().optional().min(100).max(999999999),
        uploadFile: Hapi.types.Object().optional()
      }
    }
  }
}

My Handler:

exports.fileUpload = function(request, reply) {
  //console.log("rawPayload: " + request.rawPayload);
  console.log("Received POST from " + request.payload.name + "; id=" + (request.payload.id || 'anon'));

  if (request.payload && request.payload.uploadFile) {
    var f = request.payload.uploadFile;
    console.log("uploadFile " + f.originalFilename + " (" + f.size + " bytes) at " + f.path);
    console.log("that you should persist to storage and remove from temp folder");
    // Use fs for this one: http://nodejs.org/api/fs.html
    Fs.unlink(f.path, function (err) {
        if (err) throw err;
            console.log('successfully deleted ' + f.path);
    });
  }

  reply({ 
    greeting: 'POST hello to ' + request.payload.name
  });
}

Instead of doing: if (request.payload.uploadFile) {

I am force to do: if (request.payload && request.payload.uploadFile) {

[hueniverse]

Actually, query shows up under request.query not request.params (which contains path parameters). But either way this was a bug.