curl command equivalent in nodejs

Question

I have the curl command here which is working as I want:

curl -X POST -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d @cats.json http://localhost:8080

And I would like to get help on translating this into nodejs

I currently have localhost set up and my goal is to display data stored in a JSON file. I currently copy and paste the data into postman and post the data to the localhost but I want to not use postman. The curl command was useful but I want to incorporate it into my code.

I've tried

var request = require('request');
request.post({
  headers: {'content-type' : 'application/json'},
  url:     'http://localhost/8080',
  body:    "someData"
}, function(error, response, body){
  console.log(body);
});

I've tried this but it doesn't provide the same outcome as the curl command does where the data appears in my localhost

check this thread- https://stackoverflow.com/questions/6432693/post-data-with-request-module-on-node-js — user269867, Jun 28 '19 at 16:14

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 28 '19 at 16:08

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In postman, you can export NodeJS request code out:

Click on Code Then select NodeJS -> Request. Copy to Clipboard

answered Jun 28 '19 at 16:08

Matt Kuhns

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if my data is all in a file, how would I input that file into the body field? – Kisuna97 Jun 28 '19 at 18:48

curl command equivalent in nodejs

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