Convert curl command to JavaScript

Question

I'm trying to convert this curl command to JavaScript:

curl https://www.google.com/accounts/ClientLogin \
  --data-urlencode Email=mail@example.com \
  --data-urlencode Passwd=******* \
  -d accountType=GOOGLE \
  -d source=Google-cURL-Example \
  -d service=lh2

I want convert this command to an $.ajax() function. My problem is that I don't know what I have to put in the setHeader function below for the options present in command curl.

$.ajax({
    url: "https://www.google.com/accounts/ClientLogin",
    type: "GET",

    success: function(data) { alert('hello!' + data); },
    error: function(html) { alert(html); },
    beforeSend: setHeader
});


function setHeader(xhr) {
    // ?
}

score 21 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 09 '14 at 09:15

By default $.ajax() will convert data to a query string, if not already a string, since data here is an object, change the data to a string and then set processData: false, so that it is not converted to query string.

$.ajax({
 url: "https://www.google.com/accounts/ClientLogin",
 beforeSend: function(xhr) { 
  xhr.setRequestHeader("Authorization", "Basic " + btoa("username:password")); 
 },
 type: 'POST',
 dataType: 'json',
 contentType: 'application/json',
 processData: false,
 data: '{"foo":"bar"}',
 success: function (data) {
  alert(JSON.stringify(data));
},
  error: function(){
   alert("Cannot get data");
 }
});

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 07 '22 at 08:29

If you can use fetch() instead of $.ajax, you can use curlconverter.com/javascript/ and it will convert your command to

fetch('https://www.google.com/accounts/ClientLogin', {
    method: 'POST',
    body: new URLSearchParams({
        'accountType': 'GOOGLE',
        'source': 'Google-cURL-Example',
        'service': 'lh2'
    })
});

Convert curl command to JavaScript

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