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Charlie Simon
Charlie Simon

Reputation: 143

Using file content as object data

I'm trying to send a http request using formData from a .json file but can't get the data to add into the options object correctly. 

{"name":"charlie","age":"20"}

Below is what I've got going at the moment.

fs.readFile(__dirname + directory, (error, data) => { 
  if(error) {throw error;}
  data = JSON.stringify(JSON.parse(data))

  var options = {
    'method': 'GET',
    'url': 'https://google.com',
    formData: data
  };

  .............

});

This isn't working as I intend as it's seeing data as a string putting apostrophe's around the content. I've tried to use Object.assign but again I run into the issue that my data is seen as a string.
Any help would be greatly appreciated, I've been trying to research this for the past 2 hours and haven't had much luck.
If you have any recommendations on a better system or package other than request.js I'd be happy to hear.
Thanks again for taking the time.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 63

Answers (1)

Rooki
Rooki

Reputation: 95

The issue is.... formData: needs an variable with Formdata as his Datatype: this should work :)

const fs = require('fs')
fs.readFile("C:/tes/test.json", (error, data) => { 
    if(error) {throw error;}
    let fdata = FormData()
    console.log(data)
    data = JSON.parse(data)
    console.log(data)
    console.log(data.name)

    fdata.append("name", data.name)
    fdata.append("age", data.age)

    var options = {
      'method': 'GET',
      'url': 'https://google.com',
      formData: fdata
    };
  });

Upvotes: 1

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