POST request to node.js script running locally

Question

This is probably a really basic question.

I'm new to node.js.

I'm writing a script which receives an HTTP POST request. I'm going to be deploying to Heroku, but while I'm testing locally how do I make POST requests to the script?

Thanks.

Answer 1

1. If you're on unix (OSX, Linux, BSD) or have an environment where you can download/use unix tools (cygwin, git bash) you can use curl:

   curl -XPOST http://localhost/my/app -d 'data you want to post'
   

2. If you're using Google Chrome or you're on a Mac install Postman

Answer 2

You can use chrome extension called postman.