Simple NodeJS http request equivalent for curl - node.js

Question

I'm having trouble converting a curl that works to an equivalent http request through nodeJS. I'm using the Request module, but I seem to be doing something wrong when making the request. When I run it, it gives me
body: Cannot POST /path
Not really sure how to debug this, any ideas?
var data = JSON.stringify({
'sender': {
'name': 'name',
'handle': 'handle'
},
'subject': 'Title here',
'body': 'something something',
'metadata': {}
});
var options = {
host: 'website.com',
path: '/path',
method: 'POST',
headers: {
'Content-Type': 'application/json',
'Authorization': 'Bearer <token>',
'Accept': 'application/json',
'Content-Length': Buffer.byteLength(data)
}
};
var req = http.request(options, function(res) {
res.setEncoding('utf8');
res.on('data', function (chunk) {
console.log("body: " + chunk);
});
});
req.write(data);
req.end();
Below is the equivalent curl (that works) that I'm trying to make for the above nodejs.
curl --include \
--request POST \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <token>" \
--header "Accept: application/json" \
--data-binary "{
\"sender\": {
\"name\": \"name\",
\"handle\": \"handle\"
},
\"subject\": \"Title here\",
\"body\": \"something something\",
\"metadata\": {}
}" \
'website.com/path"

Answer 1

You can include your JSON data directly with json parameter with request library :
var request = require('request');
var options = {
uri: 'http://website.com/path',
method: 'POST',
headers: {
'Authorization': 'Bearer <token>',
'Accept': 'application/json'
},
json: {
'sender': {
'name': 'name',
'handle': 'handle'
},
'subject': 'Title here',
'body': 'something something',
'metadata': {}
}
};
var req = request(options, function(error, response, body) {
if (error) {
console.log(error);
return;
}
if (response.statusCode == 200) {
console.log(body);
} else {
console.log("receive status code : " + response.statusCode);
}
});
From request options doc :
json - sets body to JSON representation of value and adds
Content-type: application/json header. Additionally, parses the
response body as JSON.