Node.js Request Module....sending json in body for api request with put

Question

I am using Node.js and the request module. I am trying to make a post request api(restfull) but it's not sending the request correctly. I can make this work in curl and in python's request module, but not the node.js request module:

var request = require('request');

token = 'sfgsfsf';

var options = {
    url: 'https://_rest_full_api
    headers: {
        'X-Auth-Token': token
    },
    body: {
        'status' : 'pending'
    },
    json: true,
    method: 'put'
};

function callback(error, response, body) {
    if (!error && response.statusCode == 200) {
        var info = JSON.parse(body);
        console.log(info);
        console.log(info);
    } else {
        console.log(response.statusCode);
        console.log(response.body);
    }
}

request(options, callback); 


SyntaxError: Unexpected token o
    at Object.parse (native)
    at Request.callback [as _callback] (/home/one/try.js:19:25)
    at Request.self.callback (/home/one/node_modules/request/request.js:122:22)
    at Request.EventEmitter.emit (events.js:98:17)
    at Request.<anonymous> (/home/one/node_modules/request/request.js:888:14)
    at Request.EventEmitter.emit (events.js:117:20)
    at IncomingMessage.<anonymous> (/home/one/node_modules/request/request.js:839:12)
    at IncomingMessage.EventEmitter.emit (events.js:117:20)
    at _stream_readable.js:920:16
    at process._tickCallback (node.js:415:13)

Answer 1

With the json option set to true, request is automatically parsing the body for you to an object. You are re-parsing the body with this line:

var info = JSON.parse(body)

When you try to parse an object, you get that message:

$ node
> var t = {};
> JSON.parse(t);
SyntaxError: Unexpected token o