curl command equivalent in nodejs

Question

I have the curl command here which is working as I want:

curl -X POST -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d @cats.json http://localhost:8080

And I would like to get help on translating this into nodejs

I currently have localhost set up and my goal is to display data stored in a JSON file. I currently copy and paste the data into postman and post the data to the localhost but I want to not use postman. The curl command was useful but I want to incorporate it into my code.

I've tried

var request = require('request');
request.post({
  headers: {'content-type' : 'application/json'},
  url:     'http://localhost/8080',
  body:    "someData"
}, function(error, response, body){
  console.log(body);
});

I've tried this but it doesn't provide the same outcome as the curl command does where the data appears in my localhost

What outcome does it provide? Do you get an error?

k0pernikus
– k0pernikus

2019-06-28 16:12:24 +00:00
Commented Jun 28, 2019 at 16:12 — k0pernikus
– k0pernikus, Commented Jun 28, 2019 at 16:12
check this thread- stackoverflow.com/questions/6432693/…

user269867
– user269867

2019-06-28 16:14:15 +00:00
Commented Jun 28, 2019 at 16:14 — user269867
– user269867, Commented Jun 28, 2019 at 16:14

Matt Kuhns · Accepted Answer · 2019-06-28 16:08:08Z

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In postman, you can export NodeJS request code out:

Click on Code Then select NodeJS -> Request. Copy to Clipboard

answered Jun 28, 2019 at 16:08

Matt Kuhns

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Kisuna97 Over a year ago

if my data is all in a file, how would I input that file into the body field?

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