How to send XML data using Axios Library

Question

I'm new for coding, currently i'm exploring on Axios to send XML request, appreciate for your help on how to translate below into Axios command?

Request body

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<req:KnownTrackingRequest xmlns:req="http://www.example.com" 
                    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" 
                    xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.example.com
                    TrackingRequestKnown.xsd">
<Request>
    <ServiceHeader>
        <MessageTime>2002-06-25T11:28:56-08:00</MessageTime>
        <MessageReference>1234567890123456789012345678</MessageReference>
        <SiteID>SiteID</SiteID>
        <Password>Password</Password>
    </ServiceHeader>
</Request>
<LanguageCode>en</LanguageCode>
<AWBNumber>01234567890</AWBNumber>
<LevelOfDetails>LAST_CHECK_POINT_ONLY</LevelOfDetails>

Answer 1

You can use XML instead of JSON in axios as follows.

var xmlBodyStr = `<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
       <req:KnownTrackingRequest xmlns:req="http://www.example.com" 
                xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" 
                xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.example.com
                TrackingRequestKnown.xsd">
         <Request>
           <ServiceHeader>
              <MessageTime>2002-06-25T11:28:56-08:00</MessageTime>
              <MessageReference>1234567890123456789012345678</MessageReference>
              <SiteID>SiteID</SiteID>
              <Password>Password</Password>
           </ServiceHeader>
         </Request>
         <LanguageCode>en</LanguageCode>
         <AWBNumber>01234567890</AWBNumber>
         <LevelOfDetails>LAST_CHECK_POINT_ONLY</LevelOfDetails>`;

var config = {
     headers: {'Content-Type': 'text/xml'}
};

axios.post('https://POST_URL', xmlBodyStr, config); 

below is my full code:

    const axios = require('axios');
const parseString = require('xml2js').parseString;
exports.handler = function(context, event, callback) {
var xmlBodyStr = `<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
   <req:KnownTrackingRequest xmlns:req="http://www.sample.com" 
            xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" 
            xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.sample.com
            TrackingRequestKnown.xsd">
     <Request>
       <ServiceHeader>
          <MessageTime>2002-06-25T11:28:56-08:00</MessageTime>
          <MessageReference>1234567890123456789012345678</MessageReference>
          <SiteID>ID</SiteID>
          <Password>Pwd</Password>
       </ServiceHeader>
     </Request>
     <LanguageCode>en</LanguageCode>
     <AWBNumber>0123456789</AWBNumber>
     <LevelOfDetails>LAST_CHECK_POINT_ONLY</LevelOfDetails>`;
var config = {
 headers: {'Content-Type': 'text/xml'}
};
 axios.post('https://xml.sample.com/XMLShippingServlet', xmlBodyStr, config).then(res => {
callback(res.data);
}).catch(err => callback(err));
};    

XML Response:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<req:TrackingResponse xmlns:req="http://www.dhl.com" 
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.dhl.com TrackingResponse.xsd">
<Response>
    <ServiceHeader>
        <MessageTime>2018-11-02T04:29:21.024+01:00</MessageTime>
        <MessageReference>1234567890123456789012345678</MessageReference>
        <SiteID>ID</SiteID>
    </ServiceHeader>
</Response>
<AWBInfo>
    <AWBNumber>1234567890</AWBNumber>
    <Status>
        <ActionStatus>success</ActionStatus>
    </Status>
    <ShipmentInfo>
        <OriginServiceArea>
            <ServiceAreaCode>PEN</ServiceAreaCode>
            <Description>PENANG-MYS</Description>
        </OriginServiceArea>
        <DestinationServiceArea>
            <ServiceAreaCode>PAO</ServiceAreaCode>
            <Description>Description</Description>
        </DestinationServiceArea>
        <ShipperName>Shipper</ShipperName>
        <ShipperAccountNumber>12354678</ShipperAccountNumber>
        <ConsigneeName>Sample</ConsigneeName>
        <ShipmentDate>2018-09-21T02:41:21</ShipmentDate>
        <Pieces>1</Pieces>
        <Weight>0.5</Weight>
        <WeightUnit>K</WeightUnit>
        <GlobalProductCode>P</GlobalProductCode>
        <ShipmentDesc>testing</ShipmentDesc>
        <DlvyNotificationFlag>N</DlvyNotificationFlag>
        <Shipper>
            <City>CHEMOR</City>
            <PostalCode>12345</PostalCode>
            <CountryCode>MY</CountryCode>
        </Shipper>
        <Consignee>
            <City>SUNNYVALE</City>
            <CountryCode>US</CountryCode>
        </Consignee>
        <ShipmentEvent>
            <Date>2018-09-21</Date>
            <Time>11:30:52</Time>
            <ServiceEvent>
                <EventCode>OK</EventCode>
                <Description>Delivered</Description>
            </ServiceEvent>
            <Signatory>Cnee</Signatory>
            <ServiceArea>
                <ServiceAreaCode>ABC</ServiceAreaCode>
                <Description>sample</Description>
            </ServiceArea>
        </ShipmentEvent>
    </ShipmentInfo>
</AWBInfo>
<LanguageCode>en</LanguageCode>
</req:TrackingResponse>
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