Easy way to Post HTTPS JSON data (header+body) using Node.js - json

Question

After reading multiple internet posts related to "JSON POST commands" in NodeJS I'm now totally lost! Have tried to create an easy script to send data to a device Restful API interface using https. Without any luck...
JSON string needs to contain: a Header incl. (Basic)Auth Token & Body
content something similar like:
'{"address":address,"address6":"","comment":"","duids":[],"hostnames":[],"interface":""};
Hoping that someone has a good example available or can point me into right direction again.

Answer 1

You can use in-built module https to make a REST API call, the request signature is as follows:
https.request(url[, options][, callback])
In your case, you can try following code:
var options = {
host: 'host-name',
port: 443,
path: 'api-path',
method: 'POST',
// authentication headers
headers: {
'Authorization': 'Basic ' + new Buffer(username + ':' + passw).toString('base64')
}
};
const req = https.request(options, (res) => {
console.log('statusCode:', res.statusCode);
console.log('headers:', res.headers);
res.on('data', (d) => {
process.stdout.write(d);
});
});

Answer 2

I had the exact same issue just few days ago, and I've ended up creating a super tiny module called json-post.
const jsonPOST = require('json-post');
// or import jsonPOST from 'json-post'
jsonPOST(
'https://whatever:5000/seriously',
// your JSON data as object
{hello: 'world'},
// optionally any extra needed header
{'Authorization': 'Basic ' +
new Buffer(username + ':' + passw).toString('base64')}
).then(
console.info,
console.error
);
The dance is similar to the one shown in the previous reply but it's simplified in various ways. It works well for GitHub OAuth and others services too.

Answer 3

I always use request library whenever I need to do HTTP request in nodejs.
var request = require('request');
request({
method: 'POST',
uri: 'http://myuri.com',
headers: {
'Content-Type' : 'application/json',
'AnotherHeader' : 'anotherValue'
},
json: myjsonobj
}, (err, response, body) => {
// handler here
})
there are other ways of making the request as well like request.post() refer here