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Raslan Dyab
Raslan Dyab

Reputation: 55

Post request body as XML string in node.js

I am trying to post XML string instead of JSON object to node.js server using fetch API.

This is my code which post JSON object:

handleSubmit = async e => {

    e.preventDefault();
    var request = JSON.stringify({
        drug: this.state.drug,
        disease: this.state.disease,
        type: this.state.type    
    });
    var xmlRequest = js2xmlparser.parse("request", request);

    const response = await fetch('/api/submit', {
        method: 'POST',
        headers: {
            'Content-Type': 'application/json'
        },
        body: request
    });

    const body = await response.text();

    this.setState({
        responseToPost: body
    });
}

How to edit the code to post XML string(xmlRequest) instead of JSON (request) in the request body.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 6464

Answers (1)

Marcos Casagrande
Marcos Casagrande

Reputation: 40434

Send xmlRequest instead of request in the body. Also change the Content-Type to text/xml or application/xml

const request = {
    drug: this.state.drug,
    disease: this.state.disease,
    type: this.state.type    
};

const xmlRequest = js2xmlparser.parse('request', request);

const response = await fetch('/api/submit', {
    method: 'POST',
    headers: {
        'Content-Type': 'text/xml'
    },
    body: xmlRequest
});

js2xmlparser takes an object as second argument, don't use JSON.stringify.

Upvotes: 2

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