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Radoslav
Radoslav

Reputation: 1812

send Content-Type: application/json post with node.js

How can we make a HTTP request like this in NodeJS? Example or module appreciated.

curl https://www.googleapis.com/urlshortener/v1/url \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"longUrl": "http://www.google.com/"}'

Upvotes: 124

Views: 186133

Answers (7)

Shaiju T
Shaiju T

Reputation: 6609

Axios is Lesser and Better:

const data = JSON.stringify({
  message: 'Hello World!'
})

const url = "https://localhost/WeatherAPI";

axios({
    method: 'POST',
    url, 
    data: JSON.stringify(data), 
    headers:{'Content-Type': 'application/json; charset=utf-8'}
}) 
  .then((res) => {
    console.log(`statusCode: ${res.status}`)
    console.log(res)
  })
  .catch((error) => {
    console.error(error)
  })

Also check 5 Ways to Make HTTP Requests in Node.js

https://www.twilio.com/blog/2017/08/http-requests-in-node-js.html

Refer:

https://nodejs.dev/learn/make-an-http-post-request-using-nodejs

https://flaviocopes.com/node-http-post/

https://stackabuse.com/making-asynchronous-http-requests-in-javascript-with-axios/

Upvotes: 2

ehrencrona
ehrencrona

Reputation: 6982

Since the request module that other answers use has been deprecated, may I suggest switching to node-fetch:

const fetch = require("node-fetch")

const url = "https://www.googleapis.com/urlshortener/v1/url"
const payload = { longUrl: "http://www.google.com/" }

const res = await fetch(url, {
  method: "post",
  body: JSON.stringify(payload),
  headers: { "Content-Type": "application/json" },
})

const { id } = await res.json()

Upvotes: 2

Cristian Cardoso
Cristian Cardoso

Reputation: 675

Using request with headers and post.

var options = {
            headers: {
                  'Authorization': 'AccessKey ' + token,
                  'Content-Type' : 'application/json'
            },
            uri: 'https://myurl.com/param' + value',
            method: 'POST',
            json: {'key':'value'}
 };
      
 request(options, function (err, httpResponse, body) {
    if (err){
         console.log("Hubo un error", JSON.stringify(err));
    }
    //res.status(200).send("Correcto" + JSON.stringify(body));
 })

Upvotes: 0

Paul T. Rawkeen
Paul T. Rawkeen

Reputation: 4114

For some reason only this worked for me today. All other variants ended up in bad json error from API.

Besides, yet another variant for creating required POST request with JSON payload.

request.post({
    uri: 'https://www.googleapis.com/urlshortener/v1/url',
    headers: {'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
    body: JSON.stringify({"longUrl": "http://www.google.com/"})
});

Upvotes: 4

JiN
JiN

Reputation: 149

As the official documentation says:

body - entity body for PATCH, POST and PUT requests. Must be a Buffer, String or ReadStream. If json is true, then body must be a JSON-serializable object.

When sending JSON you just have to put it in body of the option.

var options = {
    uri: 'https://myurl.com',
    method: 'POST',
    json: true,
    body: {'my_date' : 'json'}
}
request(options, myCallback)

Upvotes: 12

Poonam Gupta
Poonam Gupta

Reputation: 416

Simple Example

var request = require('request');

//Custom Header pass
var headersOpt = {  
    "content-type": "application/json",
};
request(
        {
        method:'post',
        url:'https://www.googleapis.com/urlshortener/v1/url', 
        form: {name:'hello',age:25}, 
        headers: headersOpt,
        json: true,
    }, function (error, response, body) {  
        //Print the Response
        console.log(body);  
});

Upvotes: 12

Josh Smith
Josh Smith

Reputation: 15028

Mikeal's request module can do this easily:

var request = require('request');

var options = {
  uri: 'https://www.googleapis.com/urlshortener/v1/url',
  method: 'POST',
  json: {
    "longUrl": "http://www.google.com/"
  }
};

request(options, function (error, response, body) {
  if (!error && response.statusCode == 200) {
    console.log(body.id) // Print the shortened url.
  }
});

Upvotes: 296

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