send Content-Type: application/json post with node.js

Question

How can we make a HTTP request like this in NodeJS? Example or module appreciated.

curl https://www.googleapis.com/urlshortener/v1/url \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"longUrl": "http://www.google.com/"}'

Josh Smith · Answer 1 · 2011-12-30T03:09:27.957

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Mikeal's request module can do this easily:

var request = require('request');

var options = {
  uri: 'https://www.googleapis.com/urlshortener/v1/url',
  method: 'POST',
  json: {
    "longUrl": "http://www.google.com/"
  }
};

request(options, function (error, response, body) {
  if (!error && response.statusCode == 200) {
    console.log(body.id) // Print the shortened url.
  }
});

edited Dec 30 '11 at 03:09

answered Dec 30 '11 at 02:55

Josh Smith

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Thank you for this helpful answer. In the end I realize the option is well documented. But lost in the middle of plenty others... – yves Baumes Apr 16 '16 at 21:59
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It didn't worked for me until i added the `headers: {'content-type' : 'application/json'},` option. – Guilherme Sampaio Dec 04 '19 at 14:06
- the NodeJs 'request' module is deprecated. - how would we do this using 'http' module ? Thank you. – Andrei Diaconescu Jun 23 '20 at 10:03
**Axios is Lesser and Better:** , Check [this](https://stackoverflow.com/a/67492793/2218697) post. – Shaiju T May 11 '21 at 18:56

score 12 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 15 '17 at 06:52

Simple Example

var request = require('request');

//Custom Header pass
var headersOpt = {  
    "content-type": "application/json",
};
request(
        {
        method:'post',
        url:'https://www.googleapis.com/urlshortener/v1/url', 
        form: {name:'hello',age:25}, 
        headers: headersOpt,
        json: true,
    }, function (error, response, body) {  
        //Print the Response
        console.log(body);  
});

score 12 · Answer 3 · answered Mar 09 '18 at 07:54

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As the official documentation says:

body - entity body for PATCH, POST and PUT requests. Must be a Buffer, String or ReadStream. If json is true, then body must be a JSON-serializable object.

When sending JSON you just have to put it in body of the option.

var options = {
    uri: 'https://myurl.com',
    method: 'POST',
    json: true,
    body: {'my_date' : 'json'}
}
request(options, myCallback)

answered Mar 09 '18 at 07:54

JiN

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Is it just me or its documentation sucks? – Lucio Jan 19 '19 at 21:54

Paul T. Rawkeen · Answer 4 · 2018-07-09T12:06:39.940

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For some reason only this worked for me today. All other variants ended up in bad json error from API.

Besides, yet another variant for creating required POST request with JSON payload.

request.post({
    uri: 'https://www.googleapis.com/urlshortener/v1/url',
    headers: {'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
    body: JSON.stringify({"longUrl": "http://www.google.com/"})
});

edited Jul 09 '18 at 12:06

answered Jul 04 '18 at 10:26

Paul T. Rawkeen

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score 2 · Answer 5 · answered Jul 20 '20 at 14:40

Since the request module that other answers use has been deprecated, may I suggest switching to node-fetch:

const fetch = require("node-fetch")

const url = "https://www.googleapis.com/urlshortener/v1/url"
const payload = { longUrl: "http://www.google.com/" }

const res = await fetch(url, {
  method: "post",
  body: JSON.stringify(payload),
  headers: { "Content-Type": "application/json" },
})

const { id } = await res.json()

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered May 11 '21 at 18:55

Axios is Lesser and Better:

const data = JSON.stringify({
  message: 'Hello World!'
})

const url = "https://localhost/WeatherAPI";

axios({
    method: 'POST',
    url, 
    data: JSON.stringify(data), 
    headers:{'Content-Type': 'application/json; charset=utf-8'}
}) 
  .then((res) => {
    console.log(`statusCode: ${res.status}`)
    console.log(res)
  })
  .catch((error) => {
    console.error(error)
  })

Also check 5 Ways to Make HTTP Requests in Node.js

https://www.twilio.com/blog/2017/08/http-requests-in-node-js.html

Refer:

https://nodejs.dev/learn/make-an-http-post-request-using-nodejs

https://flaviocopes.com/node-http-post/

https://stackabuse.com/making-asynchronous-http-requests-in-javascript-with-axios/

score 0 · Answer 7 · answered Jul 19 '20 at 02:17

Using request with headers and post.

var options = {
            headers: {
                  'Authorization': 'AccessKey ' + token,
                  'Content-Type' : 'application/json'
            },
            uri: 'https://myurl.com/param' + value',
            method: 'POST',
            json: {'key':'value'}
 };
      
 request(options, function (err, httpResponse, body) {
    if (err){
         console.log("Hubo un error", JSON.stringify(err));
    }
    //res.status(200).send("Correcto" + JSON.stringify(body));
 })

send Content-Type: application/json post with node.js

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