diff --git a/examples/ssr/astro.config.mjs b/examples/ssr/astro.config.mjs
index f6aba20cef..448d5829d1 100644
--- a/examples/ssr/astro.config.mjs
+++ b/examples/ssr/astro.config.mjs
@@ -6,17 +6,4 @@ import nodejs from '@astrojs/node';
 export default defineConfig({
 	adapter: nodejs(),
 	integrations: [svelte()],
-	vite: {
-		server: {
-			cors: {
-				credentials: true,
-			},
-			proxy: {
-				'/api': {
-					target: 'http://127.0.0.1:8085',
-					changeOrigin: true,
-				},
-			},
-		},
-	},
 });
diff --git a/examples/ssr/package.json b/examples/ssr/package.json
index 44ffc3bfae..07d61d4596 100644
--- a/examples/ssr/package.json
+++ b/examples/ssr/package.json
@@ -3,9 +3,7 @@
   "version": "0.0.1",
   "private": true,
   "scripts": {
-    "dev-api": "node server/dev-api.mjs",
-    "dev-server": "astro dev --experimental-ssr",
-    "dev": "concurrently \"npm run dev-api\" \"astro dev --experimental-ssr\"",
+    "dev": "astro dev --experimental-ssr",
     "start": "astro dev",
     "build": "astro build --experimental-ssr",
     "server": "node server/server.mjs"
diff --git a/examples/ssr/server/api.mjs b/examples/ssr/server/api.mjs
deleted file mode 100644
index 589766ee9f..0000000000
--- a/examples/ssr/server/api.mjs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,100 +0,0 @@
-import fs from 'fs';
-import lightcookie from 'lightcookie';
-
-const dbJSON = fs.readFileSync(new URL('./db.json', import.meta.url));
-const db = JSON.parse(dbJSON);
-const products = db.products;
-const productMap = new Map(products.map((product) => [product.id, product]));
-
-// Normally this would be in a database.
-const userCartItems = new Map();
-
-const routes = [
-	{
-		match: /\/api\/products\/([0-9])+/,
-		async handle(_req, res, [, idStr]) {
-			const id = Number(idStr);
-			if (productMap.has(id)) {
-				const product = productMap.get(id);
-				res.writeHead(200, {
-					'Content-Type': 'application/json',
-				});
-				res.end(JSON.stringify(product));
-			} else {
-				res.writeHead(404, {
-					'Content-Type': 'text/plain',
-				});
-				res.end('Not found');
-			}
-		},
-	},
-	{
-		match: /\/api\/products/,
-		async handle(_req, res) {
-			res.writeHead(200, {
-				'Content-Type': 'application/json',
-			});
-			res.end(JSON.stringify(products));
-		},
-	},
-	{
-		match: /\/api\/cart/,
-		async handle(req, res) {
-			res.writeHead(200, {
-				'Content-Type': 'application/json',
-			});
-			let cookie = req.headers.cookie;
-			let userId = cookie ? lightcookie.parse(cookie)['user-id'] : '1'; // default for testing
-			if (!userId || !userCartItems.has(userId)) {
-				res.end(JSON.stringify({ items: [] }));
-				return;
-			}
-			let items = userCartItems.get(userId);
-			let array = Array.from(items.values());
-			res.end(JSON.stringify({ items: array }));
-		},
-	},
-	{
-		match: /\/api\/add-to-cart/,
-		async handle(req, res) {
-			let body = '';
-			req.on('data', (chunk) => (body += chunk));
-			return new Promise((resolve) => {
-				req.on('end', () => {
-					let cookie = req.headers.cookie;
-					let userId = lightcookie.parse(cookie)['user-id'];
-					let msg = JSON.parse(body);
-
-					if (!userCartItems.has(userId)) {
-						userCartItems.set(userId, new Map());
-					}
-
-					let cart = userCartItems.get(userId);
-					if (cart.has(msg.id)) {
-						cart.get(msg.id).count++;
-					} else {
-						cart.set(msg.id, { id: msg.id, name: msg.name, count: 1 });
-					}
-
-					res.writeHead(200, {
-						'Content-Type': 'application/json',
-					});
-					res.end(JSON.stringify({ ok: true }));
-				});
-			});
-		},
-	},
-];
-
-export async function apiHandler(req, res) {
-	for (const route of routes) {
-		const match = route.match.exec(req.url);
-		if (match) {
-			return route.handle(req, res, match);
-		}
-	}
-	res.writeHead(404, {
-		'Content-Type': 'text/plain',
-	});
-	res.end('Not found');
-}
diff --git a/examples/ssr/server/dev-api.mjs b/examples/ssr/server/dev-api.mjs
deleted file mode 100644
index 305ac609b7..0000000000
--- a/examples/ssr/server/dev-api.mjs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-import { createServer } from 'http';
-import { apiHandler } from './api.mjs';
-
-const PORT = process.env.PORT || 8085;
-
-const server = createServer((req, res) => {
-	apiHandler(req, res).catch((err) => {
-		console.error(err);
-		res.writeHead(500, {
-			'Content-Type': 'text/plain',
-		});
-		res.end(err.toString());
-	});
-});
-
-server.listen(PORT);
-console.log(`API running at http://localhost:${PORT}`);
diff --git a/examples/ssr/server/server.mjs b/examples/ssr/server/server.mjs
index bed49b749f..9838d7ada5 100644
--- a/examples/ssr/server/server.mjs
+++ b/examples/ssr/server/server.mjs
@@ -1,29 +1,28 @@
 import { createServer } from 'http';
 import fs from 'fs';
 import mime from 'mime';
-import { apiHandler } from './api.mjs';
 import { handler as ssrHandler } from '../dist/server/entry.mjs';
 
 const clientRoot = new URL('../dist/client/', import.meta.url);
 
 async function handle(req, res) {
-	ssrHandler(req, res, async () => {
-		// Did not match an SSR route
+	ssrHandler(req, res, async (err) => {
+		if(err) {
+			res.writeHead(500);
+			res.end(err.stack)
+			return;
+		}
 
-		if (/^\/api\//.test(req.url)) {
-			return apiHandler(req, res);
-		} else {
-			let local = new URL('.' + req.url, clientRoot);
-			try {
-				const data = await fs.promises.readFile(local);
-				res.writeHead(200, {
-					'Content-Type': mime.getType(req.url),
-				});
-				res.end(data);
-			} catch {
-				res.writeHead(404);
-				res.end();
-			}
+		let local = new URL('.' + req.url, clientRoot);
+		try {
+			const data = await fs.promises.readFile(local);
+			res.writeHead(200, {
+				'Content-Type': mime.getType(req.url),
+			});
+			res.end(data);
+		} catch {
+			res.writeHead(404);
+			res.end();
 		}
 	});
 }
diff --git a/examples/ssr/src/api.ts b/examples/ssr/src/api.ts
index 40058360b6..64dfe17d31 100644
--- a/examples/ssr/src/api.ts
+++ b/examples/ssr/src/api.ts
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ export async function getCart(): Promise<Cart> {
 }
 
 export async function addToUserCart(id: number | string, name: string): Promise<void> {
-	await fetch(`${origin}/api/add-to-cart`, {
+	await fetch(`${origin}/api/cart`, {
 		credentials: 'same-origin',
 		method: 'POST',
 		mode: 'no-cors',
diff --git a/examples/ssr/server/db.json b/examples/ssr/src/models/db.json
similarity index 100%
rename from examples/ssr/server/db.json
rename to examples/ssr/src/models/db.json
diff --git a/examples/ssr/src/models/db.ts b/examples/ssr/src/models/db.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d9caa8b030
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/ssr/src/models/db.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+import db from './db.json';
+
+const products = db.products;
+const productMap = new Map(products.map((product) => [product.id, product]));
+
+export {
+	products,
+	productMap
+};
diff --git a/examples/ssr/src/models/session.ts b/examples/ssr/src/models/session.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..60ca8f1da4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/ssr/src/models/session.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+
+// Normally this would be in a database.
+export const userCartItems = new Map();
diff --git a/examples/ssr/src/pages/api/cart.ts b/examples/ssr/src/pages/api/cart.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5dbe5acbdb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/ssr/src/pages/api/cart.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+import lightcookie from 'lightcookie';
+import { userCartItems } from '../../models/session';
+
+export function get(_params: any, request: Request) {
+	let cookie = request.headers.get('cookie');
+	let userId = cookie ? lightcookie.parse(cookie)['user-id'] : '1'; // default for testing
+	if (!userId || !userCartItems.has(userId)) {
+		return {
+			body: JSON.stringify({ items: [] })
+		};
+	}
+	let items = userCartItems.get(userId);
+	let array = Array.from(items.values());
+
+	return {
+		body: JSON.stringify({ items: array })
+	}
+}
+
+interface AddToCartItem {
+	id: number;
+	name: string;
+}
+
+export async function post(_params: any, request: Request) {
+	const item: AddToCartItem = await request.json();
+
+	let cookie = request.headers.get('cookie');
+	let userId = lightcookie.parse(cookie)['user-id'];
+
+	if (!userCartItems.has(userId)) {
+		userCartItems.set(userId, new Map());
+	}
+
+	let cart = userCartItems.get(userId);
+	if (cart.has(item.id)) {
+		cart.get(item.id).count++;
+	} else {
+		cart.set(item.id, { id: item.id, name: item.name, count: 1 });
+	}
+
+	return {
+		body: JSON.stringify({
+			ok: true
+		})
+	};
+}
diff --git a/examples/ssr/src/pages/api/products.ts b/examples/ssr/src/pages/api/products.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..533bdef23e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/ssr/src/pages/api/products.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+import { products } from '../../models/db';
+
+export function get() {
+	return {
+		body: JSON.stringify(products)
+	};
+}
diff --git a/examples/ssr/src/pages/api/products/[id].ts b/examples/ssr/src/pages/api/products/[id].ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6a3a83722b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/ssr/src/pages/api/products/[id].ts
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+import { productMap } from '../../../models/db';
+
+export function get({ id: idStr }) {
+	const id = Number(idStr);
+	if (productMap.has(id)) {
+		const product = productMap.get(id);
+
+		return {
+			body: JSON.stringify(product)
+		};
+	} else {
+		return new Response(null, {
+			status: 400,
+			statusText: 'Not found'
+		});
+	}
+}
diff --git a/examples/ssr/tsconfig.json b/examples/ssr/tsconfig.json
index e0065a323c..ee0432bb3b 100644
--- a/examples/ssr/tsconfig.json
+++ b/examples/ssr/tsconfig.json
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
     "lib": ["ES2015", "DOM"],
     "module": "ES2022",
     "moduleResolution": "node",
+    "resolveJsonModule": true,
     "types": ["astro/env"]
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/astro/src/core/app/index.ts b/packages/astro/src/core/app/index.ts
index b14fad5047..dba0a99307 100644
--- a/packages/astro/src/core/app/index.ts
+++ b/packages/astro/src/core/app/index.ts
@@ -71,8 +71,7 @@ export class App {
 			routeCache: this.#routeCache,
 			site: this.#manifest.site,
 			ssr: true,
-			method: info.routeData.type === 'endpoint' ? '' : 'GET',
-			headers: request.headers,
+			request,
 		});
 
 		if (result.type === 'response') {
diff --git a/packages/astro/src/core/request.ts b/packages/astro/src/core/request.ts
index 74ce72eec3..1330d9b883 100644
--- a/packages/astro/src/core/request.ts
+++ b/packages/astro/src/core/request.ts
@@ -1,14 +1,17 @@
 import type { IncomingHttpHeaders } from 'http';
 
 type HeaderType = Headers | Record<string, any> | IncomingHttpHeaders;
+type RequestBody = ArrayBuffer | Blob | ReadableStream | URLSearchParams | FormData;
 
-export function createRequest(url: URL | string, headers: HeaderType, method: string = 'GET'): Request {
+export function createRequest(url: URL | string, headers: HeaderType,
+	method: string = 'GET', body: RequestBody | undefined	 = undefined): Request {
 	let headersObj = headers instanceof Headers ? headers :
 		new Headers(Object.entries(headers as Record<string, any>));
 	
 	const request = new Request(url.toString(), {
 		method: method,
-		headers: headersObj
+		headers: headersObj,
+		body
 	});
 
 	Object.defineProperties(request, {
@@ -26,7 +29,5 @@ export function createRequest(url: URL | string, headers: HeaderType, method: st
 		}
 	});
 
-	// TODO warn
-
 	return request;
 }
diff --git a/packages/astro/src/vite-plugin-astro-server/index.ts b/packages/astro/src/vite-plugin-astro-server/index.ts
index ec45ba8d51..53ee5644cf 100644
--- a/packages/astro/src/vite-plugin-astro-server/index.ts
+++ b/packages/astro/src/vite-plugin-astro-server/index.ts
@@ -128,8 +128,19 @@ async function handleRequest(
 		}
 	}
 
+	let body: ArrayBuffer | undefined = undefined;
+	if(!(req.method === 'GET' || req.method === 'HEAD')) {
+		let bytes: string[] = [];
+		await new Promise(resolve => {
+			req.setEncoding('utf-8');
+			req.on('data', bts => bytes.push(bts));
+			req.on('close', resolve);
+		});
+		body = new TextEncoder().encode(bytes.join('')).buffer;
+	}
+
 	// Headers are only available when using SSR.
-	const request = createRequest(url, buildingToSSR ? req.headers : new Headers(), req.method);
+	const request = createRequest(url, buildingToSSR ? req.headers : new Headers(), req.method, body);
 
 	try {
 		if (!pathname.startsWith(devRoot)) {