js fetch post method code example

Example 1: js fetch 'post' json

//Obj of data to send in future like a dummyDb
const data = { username: 'example' };

//POST request with body equal on data in JSON format
fetch('https://example.com/profile', {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {
    'Content-Type': 'application/json',
  },
  body: JSON.stringify(data),
})
.then((response) => response.json())
//Then with the data from the response in JSON...
.then((data) => {
  console.log('Success:', data);
})
//Then with the error genereted...
.catch((error) => {
  console.error('Error:', error);
});

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Example 2: fetch post json

(async () => {
  const rawResponse = await fetch('https://httpbin.org/post', {
    method: 'POST',
    headers: {
      'Accept': 'application/json',
      'Content-Type': 'application/json'
    },
    body: JSON.stringify({a: 1, b: 'Textual content'})
  });
  const content = await rawResponse.json();

  console.log(content);
})();

Example 3: how to post data using fethch

fetch('url here', {
    method: 'POST',
    headers: {'Content-Type':'application/x-www-form-urlencoded'}, // this line is important, if this content-type is not set it wont work
    body: 'foo=bar&blah=1'
});

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