How do you POST data in with Content-Type = 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded'

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I know how to set the headers with ‘Content-Type’ : ’ application/x-www-form-urlencoded’ but how do I assign the body?

Edit: Figured it out

req.body =  'var1=' + encodeURIComponent(val1) +
           '&var2=' + encodeURIComponent(val2) +
           '&var3=' + encodeURIComponent(val3)

I better make a JSON serializer for this if I am to do this often.

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I am in doubt about what you really want:
A) to do a GET where you send data using the querystring
B) to do a POST where you send the data using the body of the request.

Based on your data, it looks like you are trying to do A. In such a case you can add the data to the url by adding a questionmark “?” after the URL like this:

Var url = `http://www.url.com/?var1=${encodeURIComponent(myVar)}`;

Does that help you?

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Thanks for the reply. Nope it’s really a POST. And based on the specs of the API I’m calling, the body of the request needs to be in that format.

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Okay - could you perhaps share your finding/solution? :slight_smile:

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The solution is what I’ve added to the post. Basically encode each value using encodeURIComponent.

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You may want to use the “new” ES2015 feature called template literals, where you can embed JavaScript values in a string like this:

const parm = `var1=${var1}&var2=${var2}`

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