gistfile1.js

var restify = require('restify');

// create server
var server = restify.createServer();

// Blocks your chain on reading and parsing the HTTP request body.
// Switches on Content-Type and does the appropriate logic.
// application/json, application/x-www-form-urlencoded and multipart/form-data are currently supported.
server.use(restify.bodyParser({rejectUnknown: true}));

server.del('/endpoint', function (req, res, next) {
  return next();
});

// create client
var client = restify.createJsonClient({
  version: '*',
  url: 'http://0.0.0.0:8080'
});


server.listen(8080, function () {
  // And here we get UnsupportedMediaTypeError when bodyParser rejectUnknown is set to true.
  // JsonClient sends application/octet-stream instead application/json.
  client.del('/endpoint', function(err) {
    console.log(err);
  });
});