How is an HTTP POST request made in node.js?

Question

How can I make an outbound HTTP POST request, with data, in node.js?

Answer 1

let request = require('request');
let jsonObj = {};
request({
    url: "https://myapii.com/sendJsonData",
    method: "POST",
    json: true,
    body: jsonObj
    }, function (error, resp, body){
       console.log(resp);
});

Or you could use this library:

let axios = require("axios");
let jsonObj = {};

const myJsonAPI = axios.create({
   baseURL: 'https://myapii.com',
   timeout: 120*1000
});

let response = await myJsonAPI.post("sendJsonData",jsonobj).catch(e=>{
    res.json(e);
});
console.log(response);