From 8669fb89fef66758f8ad23210535725384a06f8e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jacob Vincent <jacob.vincent.1618@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2020 15:04:20 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] fix #1018

---
 fastapi/routing.py | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/fastapi/routing.py b/fastapi/routing.py
index b36104869648a..a0c12cbbd0286 100644
--- a/fastapi/routing.py
+++ b/fastapi/routing.py
@@ -127,8 +127,10 @@ async def app(request: Request) -> Response:
                     body = await request.form()
                 else:
                     body_bytes = await request.body()
-                    if body_bytes:
+                    if body_bytes and request.headers["Content-Type"] == "application/json":
                         body = await request.json()
+                    else:
+                        body = body_bytes
         except Exception as e:
             logger.error(f"Error getting request body: {e}")
             raise HTTPException(