axios how to send post request from react application to rest api code example
Example 1: react making post request
componentDidMount() {
const requestOptions = {
method: 'POST',
headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' },
body: JSON.stringify({ title: 'React POST Request Example' })
};
fetch('https://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/posts', requestOptions)
.then(response => response.json())
.then(data => this.setState({ postId: data.id }));
}
Example 2: Using axios send a GET request to the address:
axios({
method: 'get',
url: 'http://bit.ly/2mTM3nY',
responseType: 'stream'
})
.then(function(response) {
response.data.pipe(fs.createWriteStream('ada_lovelace.jpg'))
});