How should I pass json data in the request payload of http post request

Question

I wanted to know, how to pass the json request in the payload, for eg: {'name' : 'test', 'value' : 'test'}:

var post_data = {};  var post_options = {   host: this._host,   path: path,   method: 'POST',   headers: {     Cookie: "session=" + session,     'Content-Type': 'application/json',     'Content-Length': post_data.length,   } };  // Set up the request var post_req = http.request(post_options, function (res) {   res.setEncoding('utf8');   res.on('data', function (chunk) {     console.log('========Response========: ' + chunk);   }); });  // post the data post_req.write(post_data); post_req.end(); 

Answer 1

Use the request module

npm install -S request

var request = require('request')  var postData = {   name: 'test',   value: 'test' }  var url = 'https://www.example.com' var options = {   method: 'post',   body: postData,   json: true,   url: url } request(options, function (err, res, body) {   if (err) {     console.error('error posting json: ', err)     throw err   }   var headers = res.headers   var statusCode = res.statusCode   console.log('headers: ', headers)   console.log('statusCode: ', statusCode)   console.log('body: ', body) })