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

javascript, json, node.js, payload

Solution

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)
})

Problem

I wanted to know, how to pass the json request in the payload, for eg: `{'name' : 'test', 'value' : 'test'}`: ``` var post_data = {}; var post_options = { host: this._host, path: path, method: 'POST', headers: { Cookie: "session=" + session, 'Content-Type': 'application/json', 'Content-Length': post_data.length, } }; // 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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