UPDATE: How to send Json Data as a POST request in Meteor using http package

Question

UPDATE: I have updated my code with the recommended answer, and am now getting a different error than I originally did, explained below.

I am using Meteor js http package and I am attempting to send a POST request to the Constant Contact API. I am trying to use the data option to pass in a JSON-able object to stringify and use as the HTTP request body. I am getting a 400 error response from Constant Contact. Using the Constant Contact API tester I was able to successfully get a 201 response and Add a contact. The Json I have here is the same that I used in the tester but I get the following error back.

{ [Error: failed [400] [{"error_key":"query.param.invalid","error_message":"The query parameter status is not supported."},{"error_key":"query.param.invalid","error_message":"The query parameter limit is not supported."}]]

Here is my code below.

var data = {
      "addresses": [
        {
          "address_type": "BUSINESS",
          "city": "Belleville",
          "country_code": "CA",
          "line1": "47 Shawmut Ave.",
          "line2": "Suite 404",
          "postal_code": "K8b 5W6",
          "state_code": "ON"
        }
      ],
      "lists": [
        {
          "id": "1395617465"
        }
      ],
      "cell_phone": "555-555-5555",
      "company_name": "System Optimzations",
      "confirmed": false,
      "email_addresses": [
        {
          "email_address": "username2@example.com"
        }
      ],
      "fax": "555-555-5555",
      "first_name": "Ronald",
      "home_phone": "555-555-5555",
      "job_title": "Systems Analyst 3",
      "last_name": "Martone",
      "prefix_name": "Mr.",
      "work_phone": "555-555-5555"
    };

   HTTP.post('https://api.constantcontact.com/v2/contacts?status=ALL&limit=50&api_key=<random-key>', {
      headers: {
        'Authorization': 'Bearer <random-token>',
        'Content-Type': 'application/json'
      },
      data: JSON.stringify(data)
    }, function (error, response) {
      if ( error ) {
        console.log( error );
      } else {
        console.log(response);

      }
    });

Answer 1

The correct url for POST is
https://api.constantcontact.com/v2/contacts?action_by=ACTION_BY_OWNER&api_key=<api-key>

not

https://api.constantcontact.com/v2/contacts?status=ALL&limit=50&api_key=<random-key>

Please see docs here: https://constantcontact.mashery.com/io-docs Contact methods section.

Answer 2

var data = {
      "addresses": [
        {
          "address_type": "BUSINESS",
          "city": "Belleville",
          "country_code": "CA",
          "line1": "47 Shawmut Ave.",
          "line2": "Suite 404",
          "postal_code": "K8b 5W6",
          "state_code": "ON"
        }
      ],
      "lists": [
        {
          "id": "1395617465"
        }
      ],
      "cell_phone": "555-555-5555",
      "company_name": "System Optimzations",
      "confirmed": false,
      "email_addresses": [
        {
          "email_address": "username2@example.com"
        }
      ],
      "fax": "555-555-5555",
      "first_name": "Ronald",
      "home_phone": "555-555-5555",
      "job_title": "Systems Analyst 3",
      "last_name": "Martone",
      "prefix_name": "Mr.",
      "work_phone": "555-555-5555"
    };

Now , convert object to JSON using JSON.stringify and add Content-Type header.

HTTP.post('https://api.constantcontact.com/v2/contacts?action_by=ACTION_BY_OWNER&api_key=<api-key>',{
          headers:{
            'Authorization': 'Bearer <api-key>',
            'Content-Type': 'application/json'
          },
          data: JSON.stringify(data),
        function (error, response) {
          if ( error ) {
            console.log( error );
          } else {

              console.log(response);

          }
        });