diff --git a/src/WireMock.Net.StandAlone/StandAloneApp.cs b/src/WireMock.Net.StandAlone/StandAloneApp.cs
index a2f79c44..fa4e098c 100644
--- a/src/WireMock.Net.StandAlone/StandAloneApp.cs
+++ b/src/WireMock.Net.StandAlone/StandAloneApp.cs
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ namespace WireMock.Net.StandAlone
                 MaxRequestLogCount = parser.GetIntValue("MaxRequestLogCount"),
                 RequestLogExpirationDuration = parser.GetIntValue("RequestLogExpirationDuration"),
                 AllowCSharpCodeMatcher = parser.GetBoolValue("AllowCSharpCodeMatcher"),
+                AllowBodyForAllHttpMethods = parser.GetBoolValue("AllowBodyForAllHttpMethods")
             };
 
             if (logger != null)
diff --git a/src/WireMock.Net/Admin/Settings/SettingsModel.cs b/src/WireMock.Net/Admin/Settings/SettingsModel.cs
index 1a5a77d4..2b421d03 100644
--- a/src/WireMock.Net/Admin/Settings/SettingsModel.cs
+++ b/src/WireMock.Net/Admin/Settings/SettingsModel.cs
@@ -24,5 +24,10 @@
         /// Gets or sets the MaxRequestLog count.
         /// </summary>
         public int? MaxRequestLogCount { get; set; }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets or sets wether to allow a body for all HTTP methods.
+        /// </summary>
+        public bool? AllowBodyForAllHttpMethods { get; set; }
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/WireMock.Net/Owin/IWireMockMiddlewareOptions.cs b/src/WireMock.Net/Owin/IWireMockMiddlewareOptions.cs
index 882164f0..3d948847 100644
--- a/src/WireMock.Net/Owin/IWireMockMiddlewareOptions.cs
+++ b/src/WireMock.Net/Owin/IWireMockMiddlewareOptions.cs
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ namespace WireMock.Owin
 
         IStringMatcher AuthorizationMatcher { get; set; }
 
-        bool AllowPartialMapping { get; set; }
+        bool? AllowPartialMapping { get; set; }
 
         ConcurrentDictionary<Guid, IMapping> Mappings { get; }
 
@@ -37,5 +37,7 @@ namespace WireMock.Owin
         Action<IAppBuilder> PostWireMockMiddlewareInit { get; set; }
 
         IFileSystemHandler FileSystemHandler { get; set; }
+
+        bool? AllowBodyForAllHttpMethods { get; set; }
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/WireMock.Net/Owin/Mappers/IOwinRequestMapper.cs b/src/WireMock.Net/Owin/Mappers/IOwinRequestMapper.cs
index d6ea8f33..efe8c0ad 100644
--- a/src/WireMock.Net/Owin/Mappers/IOwinRequestMapper.cs
+++ b/src/WireMock.Net/Owin/Mappers/IOwinRequestMapper.cs
@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@ namespace WireMock.Owin.Mappers
         /// MapAsync IRequest to RequestMessage
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="request">The OwinRequest/HttpRequest</param>
+        /// <param name="options">The WireMockMiddlewareOptions</param>
         /// <returns>RequestMessage</returns>
-        Task<RequestMessage> MapAsync(IRequest request);
+        Task<RequestMessage> MapAsync(IRequest request, IWireMockMiddlewareOptions options);
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/WireMock.Net/Owin/Mappers/OwinRequestMapper.cs b/src/WireMock.Net/Owin/Mappers/OwinRequestMapper.cs
index 6c0e1342..c9ff92e6 100644
--- a/src/WireMock.Net/Owin/Mappers/OwinRequestMapper.cs
+++ b/src/WireMock.Net/Owin/Mappers/OwinRequestMapper.cs
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ namespace WireMock.Owin.Mappers
     internal class OwinRequestMapper : IOwinRequestMapper
     {
         /// <inheritdoc cref="IOwinRequestMapper.MapAsync"/>
-        public async Task<RequestMessage> MapAsync(IRequest request)
+        public async Task<RequestMessage> MapAsync(IRequest request, IWireMockMiddlewareOptions options)
         {
             (UrlDetails urldetails, string clientIP) = ParseRequest(request);
 
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ namespace WireMock.Owin.Mappers
             }
 
             BodyData body = null;
-            if (request.Body != null && BodyParser.ShouldParseBody(method))
+            if (request.Body != null && BodyParser.ShouldParseBody(method, options.AllowBodyForAllHttpMethods == true))
             {
                 body = await BodyParser.Parse(request.Body, request.ContentType);
             }
diff --git a/src/WireMock.Net/Owin/MappingMatcher.cs b/src/WireMock.Net/Owin/MappingMatcher.cs
index c5b26e80..e6f15398 100644
--- a/src/WireMock.Net/Owin/MappingMatcher.cs
+++ b/src/WireMock.Net/Owin/MappingMatcher.cs
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ namespace WireMock.Owin
                 }
             }
 
-            if (_options.AllowPartialMapping)
+            if (_options.AllowPartialMapping == true)
             {
                 var partialMappings = mappings
                     .Where(pm => (pm.Mapping.IsAdminInterface && pm.RequestMatchResult.IsPerfectMatch) || !pm.Mapping.IsAdminInterface)
diff --git a/src/WireMock.Net/Owin/WireMockMiddleware.cs b/src/WireMock.Net/Owin/WireMockMiddleware.cs
index 2f9bf948..b572e24e 100644
--- a/src/WireMock.Net/Owin/WireMockMiddleware.cs
+++ b/src/WireMock.Net/Owin/WireMockMiddleware.cs
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ namespace WireMock.Owin
 
         private async Task InvokeInternal(IContext ctx)
         {
-            var request = await _requestMapper.MapAsync(ctx.Request);
+            var request = await _requestMapper.MapAsync(ctx.Request, _options);
 
             bool logRequest = false;
             ResponseMessage response = null;
diff --git a/src/WireMock.Net/Owin/WireMockMiddlewareOptions.cs b/src/WireMock.Net/Owin/WireMockMiddlewareOptions.cs
index fa3c3ed6..9a8b1da7 100644
--- a/src/WireMock.Net/Owin/WireMockMiddlewareOptions.cs
+++ b/src/WireMock.Net/Owin/WireMockMiddlewareOptions.cs
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ namespace WireMock.Owin
 
         public IStringMatcher AuthorizationMatcher { get; set; }
 
-        public bool AllowPartialMapping { get; set; }
+        public bool? AllowPartialMapping { get; set; }
 
         public ConcurrentDictionary<Guid, IMapping> Mappings { get; } = new ConcurrentDictionary<Guid, IMapping>();
 
@@ -39,5 +39,8 @@ namespace WireMock.Owin
 
         /// <inheritdoc cref="IWireMockMiddlewareOptions.FileSystemHandler"/>
         public IFileSystemHandler FileSystemHandler { get; set; }
+
+        /// <inheritdoc cref="IWireMockMiddlewareOptions.AllowBodyForAllHttpMethods"/>
+        public bool? AllowBodyForAllHttpMethods { get; set; }
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/WireMock.Net/Server/FluentMockServer.Admin.cs b/src/WireMock.Net/Server/FluentMockServer.Admin.cs
index c5d034aa..78ef8795 100644
--- a/src/WireMock.Net/Server/FluentMockServer.Admin.cs
+++ b/src/WireMock.Net/Server/FluentMockServer.Admin.cs
@@ -339,7 +339,8 @@ namespace WireMock.Server
                 AllowPartialMapping = _options.AllowPartialMapping,
                 MaxRequestLogCount = _options.MaxRequestLogCount,
                 RequestLogExpirationDuration = _options.RequestLogExpirationDuration,
-                GlobalProcessingDelay = (int?)_options.RequestProcessingDelay?.TotalMilliseconds
+                GlobalProcessingDelay = (int?)_options.RequestProcessingDelay?.TotalMilliseconds,
+                AllowBodyForAllHttpMethods = _options.AllowBodyForAllHttpMethods
             };
 
             return ToJson(model);
@@ -361,6 +362,11 @@ namespace WireMock.Server
                 _options.RequestProcessingDelay = TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(settings.GlobalProcessingDelay.Value);
             }
 
+            if (settings.AllowBodyForAllHttpMethods != null)
+            {
+                _options.AllowBodyForAllHttpMethods = settings.AllowBodyForAllHttpMethods.Value;
+            }
+
             return ResponseMessageBuilder.Create("Settings updated");
         }
         #endregion Settings
diff --git a/src/WireMock.Net/Server/FluentMockServer.cs b/src/WireMock.Net/Server/FluentMockServer.cs
index 63e36bc3..8ca4c17a 100644
--- a/src/WireMock.Net/Server/FluentMockServer.cs
+++ b/src/WireMock.Net/Server/FluentMockServer.cs
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
-using JetBrains.Annotations;
-using Newtonsoft.Json;
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Concurrent;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Linq;
 using System.Text;
 using System.Threading;
+using JetBrains.Annotations;
+using Newtonsoft.Json;
 using WireMock.Admin.Mappings;
 using WireMock.Exceptions;
 using WireMock.Handlers;
@@ -257,6 +257,12 @@ namespace WireMock.Server
                 }
             }
 
+            if (settings.AllowBodyForAllHttpMethods == true)
+            {
+                _options.AllowBodyForAllHttpMethods = _settings.AllowBodyForAllHttpMethods;
+                _settings.Logger.Info("AllowBodyForAllHttpMethods is set to {0}", _settings.AllowBodyForAllHttpMethods == true);
+            }
+
             if (settings.AllowPartialMapping == true)
             {
                 AllowPartialMapping();
diff --git a/src/WireMock.Net/Settings/FluentMockServerSettings.cs b/src/WireMock.Net/Settings/FluentMockServerSettings.cs
index 7758109b..b3035984 100644
--- a/src/WireMock.Net/Settings/FluentMockServerSettings.cs
+++ b/src/WireMock.Net/Settings/FluentMockServerSettings.cs
@@ -94,5 +94,9 @@ namespace WireMock.Settings
         /// <inheritdoc cref="IFluentMockServerSettings.AllowCSharpCodeMatcher"/>
         [PublicAPI]
         public bool? AllowCSharpCodeMatcher { get; set; }
+
+        /// <inheritdoc cref="IFluentMockServerSettings.AllowBodyForAllHttpMethods"/>
+        [PublicAPI]
+        public bool? AllowBodyForAllHttpMethods { get; set; }
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/WireMock.Net/Settings/IFluentMockServerSettings.cs b/src/WireMock.Net/Settings/IFluentMockServerSettings.cs
index b6ae621e..7c10a367 100644
--- a/src/WireMock.Net/Settings/IFluentMockServerSettings.cs
+++ b/src/WireMock.Net/Settings/IFluentMockServerSettings.cs
@@ -124,6 +124,13 @@ namespace WireMock.Settings
         /// <summary>
         /// Allow the usage of CSharpCodeMatcher (default is not allowed).
         /// </summary>
+        [PublicAPI]
         bool? AllowCSharpCodeMatcher { get; set; }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Allow a Body for all HTTP Methods. (default set to false).
+        /// </summary>
+        [PublicAPI]
+        bool? AllowBodyForAllHttpMethods { get; set; }
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/WireMock.Net/Util/BodyParser.cs b/src/WireMock.Net/Util/BodyParser.cs
index d4dda286..46534560 100644
--- a/src/WireMock.Net/Util/BodyParser.cs
+++ b/src/WireMock.Net/Util/BodyParser.cs
@@ -59,14 +59,19 @@ namespace WireMock.Util
 
         private static readonly JsonSerializerSettings JsonSerializerSettings = new JsonSerializerSettings { DateParseHandling = DateParseHandling.None };
 
-        public static bool ShouldParseBody([CanBeNull] string method)
+        public static bool ShouldParseBody([CanBeNull] string httpMethod, bool allowBodyForAllHttpMethods)
         {
-            if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(method))
+            if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(httpMethod))
             {
                 return false;
             }
 
-            if (BodyAllowedForMethods.TryGetValue(method.ToUpper(), out bool allowed))
+            if (allowBodyForAllHttpMethods)
+            {
+                return true;
+            }
+
+            if (BodyAllowedForMethods.TryGetValue(httpMethod.ToUpper(), out bool allowed))
             {
                 return allowed;
             }
diff --git a/test/WireMock.Net.Tests/FluentMockServerTests.Settings.cs b/test/WireMock.Net.Tests/FluentMockServerTests.Settings.cs
index b819a397..d04b98da 100644
--- a/test/WireMock.Net.Tests/FluentMockServerTests.Settings.cs
+++ b/test/WireMock.Net.Tests/FluentMockServerTests.Settings.cs
@@ -116,7 +116,25 @@ namespace WireMock.Net.Tests
 
             // Assert
             var options = server.GetPrivateFieldValue<IWireMockMiddlewareOptions>("_options");
-            Check.That(options.AllowPartialMapping).IsTrue();
+            Check.That(options.AllowPartialMapping).Equals(true);
+
+            // Verify
+            _loggerMock.Verify(l => l.Info(It.IsAny<string>(), It.IsAny<bool>()));
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void FluentMockServer_FluentMockServerSettings_AllowBodyForAllHttpMethods()
+        {
+            // Assign and Act
+            var server = FluentMockServer.Start(new FluentMockServerSettings
+            {
+                Logger = _loggerMock.Object,
+                AllowBodyForAllHttpMethods = true
+            });
+
+            // Assert
+            var options = server.GetPrivateFieldValue<IWireMockMiddlewareOptions>("_options");
+            Check.That(options.AllowBodyForAllHttpMethods).Equals(true);
 
             // Verify
             _loggerMock.Verify(l => l.Info(It.IsAny<string>(), It.IsAny<bool>()));
diff --git a/test/WireMock.Net.Tests/Owin/WireMockMiddlewareTests.cs b/test/WireMock.Net.Tests/Owin/WireMockMiddlewareTests.cs
index dfdcae3e..26da3474 100644
--- a/test/WireMock.Net.Tests/Owin/WireMockMiddlewareTests.cs
+++ b/test/WireMock.Net.Tests/Owin/WireMockMiddlewareTests.cs
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ namespace WireMock.Net.Tests.Owin
             _requestMapperMock = new Mock<IOwinRequestMapper>();
             _requestMapperMock.SetupAllProperties();
             var request = new RequestMessage(new UrlDetails("http://localhost/foo"), "GET", "::1");
-            _requestMapperMock.Setup(m => m.MapAsync(It.IsAny<IRequest>())).ReturnsAsync(request);
+            _requestMapperMock.Setup(m => m.MapAsync(It.IsAny<IRequest>(), It.IsAny<IWireMockMiddlewareOptions>())).ReturnsAsync(request);
 
             _responseMapperMock = new Mock<IOwinResponseMapper>();
             _responseMapperMock.SetupAllProperties();
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ namespace WireMock.Net.Tests.Owin
         {
             // Assign
             var request = new RequestMessage(new UrlDetails("http://localhost/foo"), "GET", "::1", null, new Dictionary<string, string[]>());
-            _requestMapperMock.Setup(m => m.MapAsync(It.IsAny<IRequest>())).ReturnsAsync(request);
+            _requestMapperMock.Setup(m => m.MapAsync(It.IsAny<IRequest>(), It.IsAny<IWireMockMiddlewareOptions>())).ReturnsAsync(request);
 
             _optionsMock.SetupGet(o => o.AuthorizationMatcher).Returns(new ExactMatcher());
             _mappingMock.SetupGet(m => m.IsAdminInterface).Returns(true);
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ namespace WireMock.Net.Tests.Owin
         {
             // Assign
             var request = new RequestMessage(new UrlDetails("http://localhost/foo"), "GET", "::1", null, new Dictionary<string, string[]> { { "h", new[] { "x" } } });
-            _requestMapperMock.Setup(m => m.MapAsync(It.IsAny<IRequest>())).ReturnsAsync(request);
+            _requestMapperMock.Setup(m => m.MapAsync(It.IsAny<IRequest>(), It.IsAny<IWireMockMiddlewareOptions>())).ReturnsAsync(request);
 
             _optionsMock.SetupGet(o => o.AuthorizationMatcher).Returns(new ExactMatcher());
             _mappingMock.SetupGet(m => m.IsAdminInterface).Returns(true);
diff --git a/test/WireMock.Net.Tests/Util/BodyParserTests.cs b/test/WireMock.Net.Tests/Util/BodyParserTests.cs
index d64374cd..70369e0f 100644
--- a/test/WireMock.Net.Tests/Util/BodyParserTests.cs
+++ b/test/WireMock.Net.Tests/Util/BodyParserTests.cs
@@ -1,168 +1,185 @@
-using NFluent;
-using System.IO;
-using System.Text;
-using System.Threading.Tasks;
-using WireMock.Util;
-using Xunit;
-
-namespace WireMock.Net.Tests.Util
-{
-    public class BodyParserTests
-    {
-        [Theory]
-        [InlineData("application/json", "{ \"x\": 1 }", BodyType.Json, BodyType.Json)]
-        [InlineData("application/json; charset=utf-8", "{ \"x\": 1 }", BodyType.Json, BodyType.Json)]
-        [InlineData("application/json; odata.metadata=minimal", "{ \"x\": 1 }", BodyType.Json, BodyType.Json)]
-        [InlineData("application/vnd.api+json", "{ \"x\": 1 }", BodyType.Json, BodyType.Json)]
-        [InlineData("application/vnd.test+json", "{ \"x\": 1 }", BodyType.Json, BodyType.Json)]
-        public async Task BodyParser_Parse_ContentTypeJson(string contentType, string bodyAsJson, BodyType detectedBodyType, BodyType detectedBodyTypeFromContentType)
-        {
-            // Arrange
-            var memoryStream = new MemoryStream(Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(bodyAsJson));
-
-            // Act
-            var body = await BodyParser.Parse(memoryStream, contentType);
-
-            // Assert
-            Check.That(body.BodyAsBytes).IsNotNull();
-            Check.That(body.BodyAsJson).IsNotNull();
-            Check.That(body.BodyAsString).Equals(bodyAsJson);
-            Check.That(body.DetectedBodyType).IsEqualTo(detectedBodyType);
-            Check.That(body.DetectedBodyTypeFromContentType).IsEqualTo(detectedBodyTypeFromContentType);
-        }
-
-        [Theory]
-        [InlineData("application/xml", "<xml>hello</xml>", BodyType.String, BodyType.String)]
-        [InlineData("something", "hello", BodyType.String, BodyType.Bytes)]
-        public async Task BodyParser_Parse_ContentTypeString(string contentType, string bodyAsString, BodyType detectedBodyType, BodyType detectedBodyTypeFromContentType)
-        {
-            // Arrange
-            var memoryStream = new MemoryStream(Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(bodyAsString));
-
-            // Act
-            var body = await BodyParser.Parse(memoryStream, contentType);
-
-            // Assert
-            Check.That(body.BodyAsBytes).IsNotNull();
-            Check.That(body.BodyAsJson).IsNull();
-            Check.That(body.BodyAsString).Equals(bodyAsString);
-            Check.That(body.DetectedBodyType).IsEqualTo(detectedBodyType);
-            Check.That(body.DetectedBodyTypeFromContentType).IsEqualTo(detectedBodyTypeFromContentType);
-        }
-
-        [Theory]
-        [InlineData(new byte[] {34, 97, 34}, BodyType.Json)]
-        [InlineData(new byte[] {97}, BodyType.String)]
-        [InlineData(new byte[] {0xFF, 0xD8, 0xFF, 0xE0}, BodyType.Bytes)]
-        public async Task BodyParser_Parse_DetectedBodyType(byte[] content, BodyType detectedBodyType)
-        {
-            // arrange
-            var memoryStream = new MemoryStream(content);
-
-            // act
-            var body = await BodyParser.Parse(memoryStream, null);
-
-            // assert
-            Check.That(body.DetectedBodyType).IsEqualTo(detectedBodyType);
-        }
-
-        [Fact]
-        public async Task BodyParser_Parse_WithUTF8EncodingAndContentTypeMultipart_DetectedBodyTypeEqualsString()
-        {
-            // Arrange
-            string contentType = "multipart/form-data";
-            string body = @"
-
------------------------------9051914041544843365972754266
-Content-Disposition: form-data; name=""text""
-
-text default
------------------------------9051914041544843365972754266
-Content-Disposition: form-data; name=""file1""; filename=""a.txt""
-Content-Type: text/plain
-
-Content of a txt
-
------------------------------9051914041544843365972754266
-Content-Disposition: form-data; name=""file2""; filename=""a.html""
-Content-Type: text/html
-
-<!DOCTYPE html><title>Content of a.html.</title>
-
------------------------------9051914041544843365972754266--";
-
-            var memoryStream = new MemoryStream(Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(body));
-
-            // Act
-            var result = await BodyParser.Parse(memoryStream, contentType);
-
-            // Assert
-            Check.That(result.DetectedBodyType).IsEqualTo(BodyType.String);
-            Check.That(result.DetectedBodyTypeFromContentType).IsEqualTo(BodyType.MultiPart);
-            Check.That(result.BodyAsBytes).IsNotNull();
-            Check.That(result.BodyAsJson).IsNull();
-            Check.That(result.BodyAsString).IsNotNull();
-        }
-
-        [Fact]
-        public async Task BodyParser_Parse_WithUTF16EncodingAndContentTypeMultipart_DetectedBodyTypeEqualsString()
-        {
-            // Arrange
-            string contentType = "multipart/form-data";
-            string body = char.ConvertFromUtf32(0x1D161); //U+1D161 = MUSICAL SYMBOL SIXTEENTH NOTE
-
-            var memoryStream = new MemoryStream(Encoding.UTF32.GetBytes(body));
-
-            // Act
-            var result = await BodyParser.Parse(memoryStream, contentType);
-
-            // Assert
-            Check.That(result.DetectedBodyType).IsEqualTo(BodyType.Bytes);
-            Check.That(result.DetectedBodyTypeFromContentType).IsEqualTo(BodyType.MultiPart);
-            Check.That(result.BodyAsBytes).IsNotNull();
-            Check.That(result.BodyAsJson).IsNull();
-            Check.That(result.BodyAsString).IsNull();
-        }
-
-        [Theory]
-        [InlineData(null, "hello", BodyType.String, BodyType.Bytes)]
-        public async Task BodyParser_Parse_ContentTypeIsNull(string contentType, string bodyAsString, BodyType detectedBodyType, BodyType detectedBodyTypeFromContentType)
-        {
-            // Arrange
-            var memoryStream = new MemoryStream(Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(bodyAsString));
-
-            // Act
-            var body = await BodyParser.Parse(memoryStream, contentType);
-
-            // Assert
-            Check.That(body.BodyAsBytes).IsNotNull();
-            Check.That(body.BodyAsJson).IsNull();
-            Check.That(body.BodyAsString).Equals(bodyAsString);
-            Check.That(body.DetectedBodyType).IsEqualTo(detectedBodyType);
-            Check.That(body.DetectedBodyTypeFromContentType).IsEqualTo(detectedBodyTypeFromContentType);
-        }
-
-        [Theory]
-        [InlineData("HEAD", false)]
-        [InlineData("GET", false)]
-        [InlineData("PUT", true)]
-        [InlineData("POST", true)]
+using NFluent;
+using System.IO;
+using System.Text;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using WireMock.Util;
+using Xunit;
+
+namespace WireMock.Net.Tests.Util
+{
+    public class BodyParserTests
+    {
+        [Theory]
+        [InlineData("application/json", "{ \"x\": 1 }", BodyType.Json, BodyType.Json)]
+        [InlineData("application/json; charset=utf-8", "{ \"x\": 1 }", BodyType.Json, BodyType.Json)]
+        [InlineData("application/json; odata.metadata=minimal", "{ \"x\": 1 }", BodyType.Json, BodyType.Json)]
+        [InlineData("application/vnd.api+json", "{ \"x\": 1 }", BodyType.Json, BodyType.Json)]
+        [InlineData("application/vnd.test+json", "{ \"x\": 1 }", BodyType.Json, BodyType.Json)]
+        public async Task BodyParser_Parse_ContentTypeJson(string contentType, string bodyAsJson, BodyType detectedBodyType, BodyType detectedBodyTypeFromContentType)
+        {
+            // Arrange
+            var memoryStream = new MemoryStream(Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(bodyAsJson));
+
+            // Act
+            var body = await BodyParser.Parse(memoryStream, contentType);
+
+            // Assert
+            Check.That(body.BodyAsBytes).IsNotNull();
+            Check.That(body.BodyAsJson).IsNotNull();
+            Check.That(body.BodyAsString).Equals(bodyAsJson);
+            Check.That(body.DetectedBodyType).IsEqualTo(detectedBodyType);
+            Check.That(body.DetectedBodyTypeFromContentType).IsEqualTo(detectedBodyTypeFromContentType);
+        }
+
+        [Theory]
+        [InlineData("application/xml", "<xml>hello</xml>", BodyType.String, BodyType.String)]
+        [InlineData("something", "hello", BodyType.String, BodyType.Bytes)]
+        public async Task BodyParser_Parse_ContentTypeString(string contentType, string bodyAsString, BodyType detectedBodyType, BodyType detectedBodyTypeFromContentType)
+        {
+            // Arrange
+            var memoryStream = new MemoryStream(Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(bodyAsString));
+
+            // Act
+            var body = await BodyParser.Parse(memoryStream, contentType);
+
+            // Assert
+            Check.That(body.BodyAsBytes).IsNotNull();
+            Check.That(body.BodyAsJson).IsNull();
+            Check.That(body.BodyAsString).Equals(bodyAsString);
+            Check.That(body.DetectedBodyType).IsEqualTo(detectedBodyType);
+            Check.That(body.DetectedBodyTypeFromContentType).IsEqualTo(detectedBodyTypeFromContentType);
+        }
+
+        [Theory]
+        [InlineData(new byte[] {34, 97, 34}, BodyType.Json)]
+        [InlineData(new byte[] {97}, BodyType.String)]
+        [InlineData(new byte[] {0xFF, 0xD8, 0xFF, 0xE0}, BodyType.Bytes)]
+        public async Task BodyParser_Parse_DetectedBodyType(byte[] content, BodyType detectedBodyType)
+        {
+            // arrange
+            var memoryStream = new MemoryStream(content);
+
+            // act
+            var body = await BodyParser.Parse(memoryStream, null);
+
+            // assert
+            Check.That(body.DetectedBodyType).IsEqualTo(detectedBodyType);
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public async Task BodyParser_Parse_WithUTF8EncodingAndContentTypeMultipart_DetectedBodyTypeEqualsString()
+        {
+            // Arrange
+            string contentType = "multipart/form-data";
+            string body = @"
+
+-----------------------------9051914041544843365972754266
+Content-Disposition: form-data; name=""text""
+
+text default
+-----------------------------9051914041544843365972754266
+Content-Disposition: form-data; name=""file1""; filename=""a.txt""
+Content-Type: text/plain
+
+Content of a txt
+
+-----------------------------9051914041544843365972754266
+Content-Disposition: form-data; name=""file2""; filename=""a.html""
+Content-Type: text/html
+
+<!DOCTYPE html><title>Content of a.html.</title>
+
+-----------------------------9051914041544843365972754266--";
+
+            var memoryStream = new MemoryStream(Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(body));
+
+            // Act
+            var result = await BodyParser.Parse(memoryStream, contentType);
+
+            // Assert
+            Check.That(result.DetectedBodyType).IsEqualTo(BodyType.String);
+            Check.That(result.DetectedBodyTypeFromContentType).IsEqualTo(BodyType.MultiPart);
+            Check.That(result.BodyAsBytes).IsNotNull();
+            Check.That(result.BodyAsJson).IsNull();
+            Check.That(result.BodyAsString).IsNotNull();
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public async Task BodyParser_Parse_WithUTF16EncodingAndContentTypeMultipart_DetectedBodyTypeEqualsString()
+        {
+            // Arrange
+            string contentType = "multipart/form-data";
+            string body = char.ConvertFromUtf32(0x1D161); //U+1D161 = MUSICAL SYMBOL SIXTEENTH NOTE
+
+            var memoryStream = new MemoryStream(Encoding.UTF32.GetBytes(body));
+
+            // Act
+            var result = await BodyParser.Parse(memoryStream, contentType);
+
+            // Assert
+            Check.That(result.DetectedBodyType).IsEqualTo(BodyType.Bytes);
+            Check.That(result.DetectedBodyTypeFromContentType).IsEqualTo(BodyType.MultiPart);
+            Check.That(result.BodyAsBytes).IsNotNull();
+            Check.That(result.BodyAsJson).IsNull();
+            Check.That(result.BodyAsString).IsNull();
+        }
+
+        [Theory]
+        [InlineData(null, "hello", BodyType.String, BodyType.Bytes)]
+        public async Task BodyParser_Parse_ContentTypeIsNull(string contentType, string bodyAsString, BodyType detectedBodyType, BodyType detectedBodyTypeFromContentType)
+        {
+            // Arrange
+            var memoryStream = new MemoryStream(Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(bodyAsString));
+
+            // Act
+            var body = await BodyParser.Parse(memoryStream, contentType);
+
+            // Assert
+            Check.That(body.BodyAsBytes).IsNotNull();
+            Check.That(body.BodyAsJson).IsNull();
+            Check.That(body.BodyAsString).Equals(bodyAsString);
+            Check.That(body.DetectedBodyType).IsEqualTo(detectedBodyType);
+            Check.That(body.DetectedBodyTypeFromContentType).IsEqualTo(detectedBodyTypeFromContentType);
+        }
+
+        [Theory]
+        [InlineData("HEAD", false)]
+        [InlineData("GET", false)]
+        [InlineData("PUT", true)]
+        [InlineData("POST", true)]
         [InlineData("DELETE", false)]
         [InlineData("TRACE", false)]
         [InlineData("OPTIONS", true)]
         [InlineData("CONNECT", false)]
-        [InlineData("PATCH", true)]
-        public void BodyParser_ShouldParseBody_ExpectedResultForKnownMethods(string method, bool resultShouldBe)
+        [InlineData("PATCH", true)]
+        public void BodyParser_ShouldParseBodyForMethodAndAllowAllIsFalse_ExpectedResultForKnownMethods(string method, bool resultShouldBe)
         {
-            Check.That(BodyParser.ShouldParseBody(method)).Equals(resultShouldBe);
+            Check.That(BodyParser.ShouldParseBody(method, false)).Equals(resultShouldBe);
         }
 
-        [Theory]
-        [InlineData("REPORT")]
-        [InlineData("SOME-UNKNOWN-METHOD")]
+        [Theory]
+        [InlineData("HEAD")]
+        [InlineData("GET")]
+        [InlineData("PUT")]
+        [InlineData("POST")]
+        [InlineData("DELETE")]
+        [InlineData("TRACE")]
+        [InlineData("OPTIONS")]
+        [InlineData("CONNECT")]
+        [InlineData("PATCH")]
+        [InlineData("REPORT")]
+        [InlineData("SOME-UNKNOWN-METHOD")]
+        public void BodyParser_ShouldParseBodyForMethodAndAllowAllIsTrue_ExpectedResultShouldBeTrue(string method)
+        {
+            Check.That(BodyParser.ShouldParseBody(method, true)).IsTrue();
+        }
+
+        [Theory]
+        [InlineData("REPORT")]
+        [InlineData("SOME-UNKNOWN-METHOD")]
         public void BodyParser_ShouldParseBody_DefaultIsTrueForUnknownMethods(string method)
         {
-            Check.That(BodyParser.ShouldParseBody(method)).IsTrue();
-        }
-    }
+            Check.That(BodyParser.ShouldParseBody(method, false)).IsTrue();
+        }
+    }
 }
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