Trying to post api request - node.js

Question

I having problem with making a API call to an external site.
I need to send a POST request to http://api.turfgame.com/v4/users with headers Content-type: application/js. But when I run this code it only loads and nothing more.
var request = require('request');
var options = {
uri: 'http://api.turfgame.com/v4/users',
method: 'POST',
headers: {
'Content-Type': 'application/json'
},
body: {
"name": "username"
}
};
request(options, function (error, response, body) {
if (!error && response.statusCode == 200) {
res.send(response.body);
}
});
The body need to be posted in json formate [{'name': 'username'}].
Can someone tell me what I have done wrong?

Answer 1

There are a few things wrong:
the address property in the "options" object should be "url" not
"uri"
you can use the "json" property instead of body
"res" is undefined in your response handler function
if you want the body to be an array, it needs to be surrounded in square brackets
here's a working sample that just logs the response:
var request = require('request');
var options = {
url: 'http://api.turfgame.com/v4/users',
method: 'POST',
headers: {
'Content-Type': 'application/json'
},
json: [{
"name": "username"
}]
};
request(options, function (error, response, body) {
if (!error && response.statusCode == 200) {
console.log(response.body);
}
});