Using Request to post from NodeJS - node.js

Question

I am running into an issue with posting a json doc via request from my nodeJs app.
The problem is for me how to pass the json doc to post. Here is what works for me
const options = {
url: 'http://localhost/message/send/981f1507-2df2-4011-8f55-5460897fcde6',
method: 'POST',
json: true,
body: { "message": {
"subject": "Meet for lunch?",
"body": {
"contentType": "html",
"content": "</p>\r\n\r\n<ul type=\"disc\">\r\n\t<li><strong>Ready to Use Experiences</strong> – Get instant access to our fully configured and integrated environments allowing you to use and experience the products as a customer would in their own deployment. We’ve set up the products alongside partner solutions so you can experience the entire ecosystem including Office 365, Salesforce, and more. </li>\r\n</ul>"
},
"toRecipients": [
{
"emailAddress": {
"address": "test#ueser.com"
}} ]}}}
request(options, function(err, res, body) {
console.log(res.statusCode)
})
the problem i have is if i want to pass the body from a string like this
var mybody = `{ "message": {
"subject": "Meet for lunch?",
"body": {
"contentType": "html",
"content": "This is a test"
},
"toRecipients": [
{
"emailAddress": {
"address": "test#user.com"
}
}]}}`
and then call it like this
const options = {
url: 'http://localhost/message/send/981f1507-2df2-4011-8f55-5460897fcde6',
method: 'POST',
json: true,
body: mybody
}
request(options, function(err, res, body) {
console.log(res.statusCode)
})
which throws errors like
SyntaxError: Unexpected token " in JSON at position 0

Answer 1

Have you tried using stringify? Node.js has a a built in module called querystring.
const querystring = require("querystring");
const myStringBody = querystring.stringify(myBody);
Then write it to your request.
req.write(myStringBody);