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// We need this to build our post string
var querystring = require('querystring');
var http = require('http');
var fs = require('fs');
function PostCode(codestring) {
// Build the post string from an object
var post_data = querystring.stringify({
'compilation_level' : 'ADVANCED_OPTIMIZATIONS',
'output_format': 'json',
'output_info': 'compiled_code',
'warning_level' : 'QUIET',
'js_code' : codestring
});
// An object of options to indicate where to post to
var post_options = {
host: 'closure-compiler.appspot.com',
port: '80',
path: '/compile',
method: 'POST',
headers: {
'Content-Type': 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded',
'Content-Length': Buffer.byteLength(post_data)
}
};
// Set up the request
var post_req = http.request(post_options, function(res) {
res.setEncoding('utf8');
res.on('data', function (chunk) {
console.log('Response: ' + chunk);
});
});
// post the data
post_req.write(post_data);
post_req.end();
}
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const https = require('https');
const data = JSON.stringify({
name: 'John Doe',
job: 'Content Writer'
});
const options = {
hostname: 'reqres.in',
path: '/api/users',
method: 'POST',
headers: {
'Content-Type': 'application/json',
'Content-Length': data.length
}
};
const req = https.request(options, (res) => {
let data = '';
console.log('Status Code:', res.statusCode);
res.on('data', (chunk) => {
data += chunk;
});
res.on('end', () => {
console.log('Body: ', JSON.parse(data));
});
}).on("error", (err) => {
console.log("Error: ", err.message);
});
req.write(data);
req.end();
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const axios = require('axios')
axios
.post('https://whatever.com/todos', {
todo: 'Buy the milk'
})
.then(res => {
console.log(`statusCode: ${res.statusCode}`)
console.log(res)
})
.catch(error => {
console.error(error)
})
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fetch('',{
method:'POST',
headers:{
'content-type': 'application/json'
},
body:JSON.stringify(users)
})
.then(res=> res.json())
.then(data => console.log(data))
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const axios = require('axios');
axios.get('https://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/users')
.then(res => {
const headerDate = res.headers && res.headers.date ? res.headers.date : 'no response date';
console.log('Status Code:', res.status);
console.log('Date in Response header:', headerDate);
const users = res.data;
for(user of users) {
console.log(`Got user with id: ${user.id}, name: ${user.name}`);
}
})
.catch(err => {
console.log('Error: ', err.message);
});
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request is now deprecated. It is recommended you use an alternative
In no particular order and dreadfully incomplete:
native HTTP/S, const https = require('https');
node-fetch
axios
got
superagent
bent
make-fetch-happen
unfetch
tiny-json-http
needle
urllib
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Original answer:
This gets a lot easier if you use the request library.
var request = require('request');
request.post(
'http://www.yoursite.com/formpage',
{ json: { key: 'value' } },
function (error, response, body) {
if (!error && response.statusCode == 200) {
console.log(body);
}
}
);