The http. request Method in node. js is described in node. jsrequest.

The http. request Method in node. js is described in node. jsrequest.

Method description:

The function room acts as a client to initiate a request to the HTTP server.

Syntax:

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Http. get (options, callback)

Because this method belongs to the http module, the http module (var http = require ("http") must be introduced before use "))

Receiving parameters:

Option array object, which includes the following parameters:

Host: The domain name or IP address of the requested website ). The default value is 'localhost '.

Hostname: the server name. The host name is the preferred value.

Port: port of the requesting website. The default value is 80.

LocalAddress: The local location where the network connection is established

SocketPath: Unix Domain Socket (Domain Socket path)

Method: Specifies the HTTP request method. The default value is 'get '.

Path: the path of the Request relative to the root. The default value is '/'. QueryString should be included. For example:/index.html? Page = 12

Headers: request header object.

Auth: Basic Authentication (Basic Authentication). This value is calculated as the Authorization part in the request header.

Callback: callback. A parameter is passed to the http. ClientResponse instance. Http. request returns an http. ClientRequest instance.

Example:

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Var options = {
Hostname: 'www .google.com ',
Port: 80,
Path: '/upload ',
Method: 'post'
};
 
Var req = http. request (options, function (res ){
Console. log ('status: '+ res. statusCode );
Console. log ('headers: '+ JSON. stringify (res. HEADERS ));
Res. setEncoding ('utf8 ');
Res. on ('data', function (chunk ){
Console. log ('body: '+ chunk );
});
});
 
Req. on ('error', function (e ){
Console. log ('problem with request: '+ e. message );
});
 
// Write data to request body
Req. write ('data \ n ');
Req. write ('data \ n ');
Req. end ();