How is an HTTP POST request made in node js

Question

How can I make an outbound HTTP POST request, with data, in node.js?

Answer 1

Hello @kartik,

A easier way if you use the request library.

var request = require('request');

request.post(
    'http://www.yoursite.com/formpage',
    { json: { key: 'value' } },
    function (error, response, body) {
        if (!error && response.statusCode == 200) {
            console.log(body);
        }
    }
);

Aside from providing a nice syntax it makes json requests easy, handles oauth signing (for twitter, etc.), can do multi-part forms (e.g. for uploading files) and streaming.

To install request use command:

 npm install request

Hope this is helpfull!!

ThanK you!!