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/"}'
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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.
}
});
4 Comments
yves Baumes
Thank you for this helpful answer. In the end I realize the option is well documented. But lost in the middle of plenty others...
Guilherme Sampaio
It didn't worked for me until i added the
headers: {'content-type' : 'application/json'}, option.
Andrei Diaconescu
- the NodeJs 'request' module is deprecated. - how would we do this using 'http' module ? Thank you.
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);
});
Comments
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)
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Lucio
Is it just me or its documentation sucks?
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/"})
});
Comments
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/
Comments
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()
Comments
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));
})