How can I add raw data body to an axios request?

Question

I am trying to communicate with an API from my React application using Axios. I managed to get the GET request working, but now I need a POST one.

I need the body to be raw text, as I will write an MDX query in it. Here is the part where I make the request:

axios.post(baseUrl + 'applications/' + appName + '/dataexport/plantypes' + plan,     {       headers: { 'Authorization': 'Basic xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx',       'Content-Type' : 'text/plain' }     }).then((response) => {       this.setState({data:response.data});       console.log(this.state.data);     }); 

Here I added the content type part. But how can I add the body part?

Thank you.

Edit:

Here is a screenshot of the working Postman request

Answer 1

How about using direct axios API?

axios({   method: 'post',   url: baseUrl + 'applications/' + appName + '/dataexport/plantypes' + plan,   headers: {},    data: {     foo: 'bar', // This is the body part   } }); 

Source: axios api

Answer 2

You can use the below for passing the raw text.

axios.post(         baseUrl + 'applications/' + appName + '/dataexport/plantypes' + plan,          body,          {             headers: {                  'Authorization': 'Basic xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx',                 'Content-Type' : 'text/plain'              }         } ).then(response => {     this.setState({data:response.data});     console.log(this.state.data); }); 

Just have your raw text within body or pass it directly within quotes as 'raw text to be sent' in place of body.

The signature of the axios post is axios.post(url[, data[, config]]), so the data is where you pass your request body.