Node.js POST JSON request to external API
var http = require('http');
var post_req = null,
post_data = '{"login":"toto","password":"okay","duration":"9999"}';
var post_options = {
hostname: '192.168.1.1',
port : '8080',
path : '/web/authenticate',
method : 'POST',
headers : {
'Content-Type': 'application/json',
'Cache-Control': 'no-cache',
'Content-Length': post_data.length
}
};
post_req = http.request(post_options, function (res) {
console.log('STATUS: ' + res.statusCode);
console.log('HEADERS: ' + JSON.stringify(res.headers));
res.setEncoding('utf8');
res.on('data', function (chunk) {
console.log('Response: ', chunk);
});
});
post_req.on('error', function(e) {
console.log('problem with request: ' + e.message);
});
post_req.write(post_data);
post_req.end();