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How is an HTTP POST request made in node.js?

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How can I make an outbound HTTP POST request, with data, in node.js? 22 s 22 request is now deprecated. It is recommended you use an alternative In no particular order and dreadfully incomplete: native HTTP/S, const https = require(‘https’); node-fetch axios got superagent bent make-fetch-happen unfetch tiny-json-http needle urllib Stats comparision Some code examples … Read more

application/x-www-form-urlencoded or multipart/form-data?

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In HTTP there are two ways to POST data: application/x-www-form-urlencoded and multipart/form-data. I understand that most browsers are only able to upload files if multipart/form-data is used. Is there any additional guidance when to use one of the encoding types in an API context (no browser involved)? This might e.g. be based on: data size … Read more

How are parameters sent in an HTTP POST request?

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In an HTTP GET request, parameters are sent as a query string: http://example.com/page?parameter=value&also=another In an HTTP POST request, the parameters are not sent along with the URI. Where are the values? In the request header? In the request body? What does it look like? 9 The values are sent in the request body, in the … Read more

JavaScript post request like a form submit

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I’m trying to direct a browser to a different page. If I wanted a GET request, I might say document.location.href=”http://example.com/q=a”; But the resource I’m trying to access won’t respond properly unless I use a POST request. If this were not dynamically generated, I might use the HTML <form action=”http://example.com/” method=”POST”> <input type=”hidden” name=”q” value=”a”> </form> … Read more