Zeit now routing issue with CORS error

invite-user.ts

import { NowRequest, NowResponse } from '@now/node';
import { query as q } from 'faunadb';
import { v4 as uuidv4 } from 'uuid';

export default async (req: NowRequest, res: NowResponse) => {
        const { body } = req;
        console.log(body);
// the body field returns as undefined 
}

invites.ts

import { NowRequest, NowResponse } from '@now/node';
import { v4 as uuidv4 } from 'uuid';
import { query as q } from 'faunadb';
import client from '../_lib/faunadb';

export default async (req: NowRequest, res: NowResponse) => {
    const { body } = req;
    if (!client) {
        return [];
    }
    try {
        // need to get this query to get [objects] instead of [strings]
        let invites = (await client.query(
            q.Map(
                q.Paginate(q.Match(q.Index("All_Invites"))),
                q.Lambda("nextRef", q.Get(q.Var("nextRef")))
            ))).data.map(i => i.data);

        if (invites) {
            res.status(200).json({
                invites
            });
        } else {
            res.status(404).json({
                success: false,
                message: `couldn't retreive invites`
            });
        }
    } catch (error) {
        console.log(error);
        res.status(500).json({
            success: false,
            message: error.message
        })
    }
}

now.json

{
    "routes": [
        {
            "src": "/.*",
            "headers": {
                "Access-Control-Allow-Origin": "*",
                "Access-Control-Allow-Headers": "*"
            },
            "continue": true
        },
        {
            "src": "/auth/invite",
            "methods": [
                "POST"
            ],
            "dest": "/api/auth/invite-user.ts"
        },
        {
            "src": "/auth/invites",
            "methods": [
                "GET"
            ],
            "dest": "/api/auth/invites.ts"
        }
    ]
}