diff --git a/js/src/functions/httpTrigger1.js b/js/src/functions/httpTrigger1.js
index a02ebe0..016da47 100644
--- a/js/src/functions/httpTrigger1.js
+++ b/js/src/functions/httpTrigger1.js
@@ -6,8 +6,12 @@ app.http('httpTrigger1', {
     handler: async (request, context) => {
         context.log(`Http function processed request for url "${request.url}"`);
 
-        const name = request.query.get('name') || (await request.text()) || 'world';
+        const nameFromQueryParam = request.query.get('name');
 
-        return { body: `Hello, ${name}!` };
+        const nameFromJsonBody = request.headers.get('content-type')?.includes('application/json') 
+            ? (await request.json())?.name 
+            : undefined;
+
+        return { body: `Hello, ${nameFromQueryParam || nameFromJsonBody || `world`}!` };
     },
 });
diff --git a/ts/src/functions/httpTrigger1.ts b/ts/src/functions/httpTrigger1.ts
index 8caf358..1367957 100644
--- a/ts/src/functions/httpTrigger1.ts
+++ b/ts/src/functions/httpTrigger1.ts
@@ -3,9 +3,13 @@ import { app, HttpRequest, HttpResponseInit, InvocationContext } from '@azure/fu
 export async function httpTrigger1(request: HttpRequest, context: InvocationContext): Promise<HttpResponseInit> {
     context.log(`Http function processed request for url "${request.url}"`);
 
-    const name = request.query.get('name') || (await request.text()) || 'world';
+    const nameFromQueryParam = request.query.get('name');
 
-    return { body: `Hello, ${name}!` };
+    const nameFromJsonBody: string = request.headers.get('content-type')?.includes('application/json') 
+    ? (await request.json())?.name 
+    : undefined;
+
+    return { body: `Hello, ${nameFromQueryParam || nameFromJsonBody || `world`}!` };
 }
 
 app.http('httpTrigger1', {