make http request nodejs code example

Example 1: create http request javascript

const Http = new XMLHttpRequest();
const url='https://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/posts';
Http.open("GET", url);
Http.send();

Http.onreadystatechange = (e) => {
  console.log(Http.responseText)
}

Example 2: node http request

const https = require('https')
const options = {
  hostname: 'whatever.com',
  port: 443,
  path: '/todos',
  method: 'GET'
}

const req = https.request(options, res => {
  console.log(`statusCode: ${res.statusCode}`)

  res.on('data', d => {
    process.stdout.write(d)
  })
})

req.on('error', error => {
  console.error(error)
})

req.end()

Example 3: nodejs http get request to external server

const request = require("request");
const url = "<a href="https://my-json-server.typicode.com/edurekaDemo/noderequest/db">https://my-json-server.typicode.com/edurekaDemo/noderequest/db</a>";
request.get(url, (error, response, body) => {
let json = JSON.parse(body);
console.log(body);
});

Example 4: node send post request

const axios = require('axios')

axios
  .post('https://whatever.com/todos', {
    todo: 'Buy the milk'
  })
  .then(res => {
    console.log(`statusCode: ${res.statusCode}`)
    console.log(res)
  })
  .catch(error => {
    console.error(error)
  })

Example 5: node js do request

let request = require('request')

const formData = {
  // Pass a simple key-value pair
  my_field: 'my_value',
  // Pass data via Buffers
  my_buffer: Buffer.from([1, 2, 3]),
  // Pass data via Streams
  my_file: fs.createReadStream(__dirname + '/unicycle.jpg'),
  // Pass multiple values /w an Array
  attachments: [
    fs.createReadStream(__dirname + '/attachment1.jpg'),
    fs.createReadStream(__dirname + '/attachment2.jpg')
  ],
  // Pass optional meta-data with an 'options' object with style: {value: DATA, options: OPTIONS}
  // Use case: for some types of streams, you'll need to provide "file"-related information manually.
  // See the `form-data` README for more information about options: https://github.com/form-data/form-data
  custom_file: {
    value:  fs.createReadStream('/dev/urandom'),
    options: {
      filename: 'topsecret.jpg',
      contentType: 'image/jpeg'
    }
  }
};
request.post({url:'http://service.com/upload', formData: formData}, function optionalCallback(err, httpResponse, body) {
  if (err) {
    return console.error('upload failed:', err);
  }
  console.log('Upload successful!  Server responded with:', body);
});