How should I pass json data in the request payload of http post request

Question

I wanted to know, how to pass the json request in the payload, for eg: {\'name\' : \'test\', \'value\' : \'test\'}:

var post_data = {};

var post_op         


        

Answer 1

i tried this and it seems to be working.I needed basic auth so i have included auth,if you don't need it you can discard it.

var value = {email:"",name:""};

 var options = {
        url: 'http://localhost:8080/doc/',
        auth: {
            user: username,
            password: password
        },
        method :"POST",
        json : value,

    };

    request(options, function (err, res, body) {
        if (err) {
            console.dir(err)
            return
        }
        console.dir('headers', res.headers)
        console.dir('status code', res.statusCode)
        console.dir(body)
    });

Answer 2

Just convert to a string and send.

post_req.write(JSON.stringify(post_data));

Answer 3

Use the request module

npm install -S request

var request = require('request')

var postData = {
  name: 'test',
  value: 'test'
}

var url = 'https://www.example.com'
var options = {
  method: 'post',
  body: postData,
  json: true,
  url: url
}
request(options, function (err, res, body) {
  if (err) {
    console.error('error posting json: ', err)
    throw err
  }
  var headers = res.headers
  var statusCode = res.statusCode
  console.log('headers: ', headers)
  console.log('statusCode: ', statusCode)
  console.log('body: ', body)
})